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caplin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun caplin has 1 sense
- caplin(n = noun.animal) capelan, capelin - very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes; Array is a kind of smelt
is a member of genus mallotus, mallotus
CIDE DICTIONARY
caplin, n.
See Capelin. [1913 Webster]
caplin, n.
The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. Wright. [1913 Webster]
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