caplin

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

caplin
    n 1: very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine
         mammals and other fishes [syn: {capelin}, {capelan},
         {caplin}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Caplin \Cap"lin\, n.
   See {Capelin}.
   [1913 Webster] Caplin

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Caplin \Cap"lin\, Capling \Cap"ling\, n.
   The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass
   which connect the handle and swingel. --Wright.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zool.)
   Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the
   family {Salmonid[ae]}, 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. [Written also
   {capelan} and {caplin}.]
   [1913 Webster + PJC]

   Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the
         Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina.
         However the {anchovy} used as a food is a different
         fish. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884).
         [1913 Webster + PJC]