(n.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.
Example Sentences:
(1) A study was made of the biological value of acid and enzymatic hydrolysates from capelin, luminous anchovy and krill.
(2) Mackerel (Scomber scombrus), capelin (Mallotus villosus) and herring (Clupea harengus) body oils gave characteristic triglyceride profiles which were associated with high concentrations of 20:1 and 22:1 fatty acids.
(3) The fish species, herring, capelin and mackerel, all feed on copepods, and many resemblances of the copepod lipid fatty acids to those of a previous analysis of similar copepods suggest that the basic dietary fat input for these fish may be quite constant.
(4) The species analyzed consist of zooplankton (mostly Neomysis americana), larval smelt (Osmerus mordax), juvenile smelt, juvenile tomcod (Microgadus tomcod) and adult smelt, tomcod and capelin (Mallotus villosus).
(5) For zooplankton, tomcod and capelin, significant correlations were found between lipid content and PCB contamination.
(6) L.), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus, L.), both members of the family Gadidae, and capeline (Mallotus villosus, M.) of the family Osmeridae, was analyzed electrophoretically.
(7) It is shown that the shorter chain (C14-C18) minor fatty alcohols in copepods, fish body lipids, and commercial fish oils are all qualitatively present, and quantitatively similar in proportions to acids found in the depot fats of capelin and mackerel, and in some herring.
(8) The biological value of hydrolysate from capelin and krill was lower than that of casein.
(9) Circulatory strain, energy output and urinary catecholamine excretion were determined in 24 coastal, 6 trawler, 5 bank and 3 capelin fishermen.
(10) The catch of monster cod has exploded in the last five years, as the fish have feasted on shoals of capelin thriving in warmer waters.
Caplin
Definition:
(n.) See Capelin.
(n.) Alt. of Capling
Example Sentences:
(1) The News of the World also claimed that Caplin said Blair was like an older brother and “one of my best friends” whom she could ask “What the fuck are you doing” whenever she liked.
(2) Carole Caplin, 2005 Cherie Blair’s former lifestyle guru told Mahmood, posing as a potential client, that “Tony’s in dire straits”, calling him “overweight” and suggesting he drank too much.
(3) Photomontage: Steve Caplin For Barack Obama , the crucial moment came one cold night in January 2008, when the one-term senator's unexpectedly decisive triumph in the Iowa caucuses set him on the path to an epoch-making victory.
(4) The spore concentrations of Alternaria, a genera of microfungi widely considered as allergenic by different authors (Caplin & Haynes, Gravesen, Gregory, Larsen, Petersen & Sandberg), have been investigated in the atmosphere of Córdoba (Spain) during the period of April, 1983 to March, 1985 by means of the volumetric (Andersen sampler) and gravimetric (Durham based) methods, taking samples three times a day in culture media (Agar-Malt extract 2%) and incubating them for 5-7 days.
(5) Paul Caplin, of the Reclaim the Power camp, said: "Local people have tried every legal method to prevent Cuadrilla from invading their community, without success.
(6) Cherie Blair's hiring of Carole Caplin was a long-running story and lodged in the public's psyche.
(7) Campbell on … How Carole Caplin caught Clinton's eye 18 July 2001 We went for another walk round the garden and he [TB] was in very boisterous mood, telling the story of Clinton at Chequers when Bill told Carole [Caplin] about his bad back and she showed Bill how to stretch by bending over the piano.
(8) It was executive produced by Sarah Caplin and Alexander Gardiner, according to the Radio Times for the relevant week.