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smelt - small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters |
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malacopterygian,
soft-finned fish any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
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family osmeridae,
osmeridae smelts
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osmerus mordax,
rainbow smelt important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska
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osmerus eperlanus,
european smelt,
sparling common smelt of Europe
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capelan,
capelin,
caplin very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
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smelt small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
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smelt - small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water |
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fish any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"
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smelt small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
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american smelt,
rainbow smelt common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska
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european smelt,
sparling common smelt of Europe
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verb |
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smelt - extract (metals) by heating |
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heat up,
heat make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"
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create,
produce,
make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
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