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Capelin

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the family Salmonidaelig now within the smelt family Osmeridae Mallotus villosus very abundant on the coasts of Greenland Iceland Newfoundland and Alaska or Mallotus catervarius found in the North Pacific The Atlantic variety has been used as a bait for the cod

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