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Definition of Capelan
1. Noun. Very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes.
Definition of Capelan
1. n. See Capelin.
Definition of Capelan
1. Noun. (alternative form of capelin) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Capelan
1. capelin [n -S] - See also: capelin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capelan
Literary usage of Capelan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury in Answer to a Resolution of the by United States Dept. of the Treasury, Israel De Wolf Andrews (1851)
"9270 barrels, The quantity of capelan taken to the banks and used as bait is, as
compared with herrings, in the proportion of a hogshead to a barrel—one ..."
2. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1824)
"... that capelan Pacha looked for a Zealous cooperation in this policy from Ali
his new son in law ; but that the latter, too shrewd to labor in any cause ..."
3. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"Burney) mentions the locality of the ruby us "the capelan mountains, ... 1850)
is not much better: "The best ruby sapphires occur in the capelan mountains, ..."
4. Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas (1910)
"Ali, Bey of Argyro-Castron, who had throughout shown himself devoted to the
sultan, was nominated Pacha of Delvino in place of capelan. ..."
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