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Definition of European smelt
1. Noun. Common smelt of Europe.
2. Noun. The common smelt of Europe.
Generic synonyms: Smelt
Group relationships: Genus Osmerus, Osmerus
Terms within: Sparling
Definition of European smelt
1. Noun. A species of smelt, common in freshwaters of northern Europe, ''Osmerus eperlanus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Smelt
Literary usage of European smelt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1859)
"Y"arrel states of the european smelt, that they are occasionally seen ten and
eleven inches long, but that this is an unusually large size. ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"... some enter rivers to spawn. Their flesh is most delicate and they are highly
valued as food. There are only a" few species. The common european smelt is ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... and in Jamaica pond near Boston ; these are smaller and more slender than the
marine smelt. The european smelt (0. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"The european smelt is from three to six inches long ; the head and body are
semitransparent, with the most brill ¡am tints of green, and silvery. ..."
5. Life and Writings of Frank Forester (Henry William Herbert.) by Henry William Herbert, Thomas Picton (1882)
"Its other structural differences are decisive; and it may be added that its size,
which is superior by nearly two-thirds to that of the european smelt, ..."
6. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"... some enter rivers to spawn. Their flesh is most delicate and they are highly
valued as food. There are only n few species. The common european smelt is ..."
7. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1873)
"... the european smelt, so closely allied to our own, is found abundantly in the
mouths of the rivers of Holland, about August, meeting then the descending ..."
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