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Definition of Mallotus
1. Noun. Capelins.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Osmeridae, Osmeridae
Member holonyms: Capelan, Capelin, Caplin
Definition of Mallotus
1. n. A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod.
Medical Definition of Mallotus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mallotus
Literary usage of Mallotus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"Testes double; ovary single; ova very small. Coasts of Arctic America and
North-eastern Asia. 1. mallotus villosus. The Capelin. Fern-lodde v. ..."
2. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1882)
"This genus is intermediate between mallotus and ... and more closely adherent;
larger than in mallotus, and similar in the two sexes. ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"elsewhere in the plains' reserves, namely, Acacia modesta, Acacia Catechu, and
Olea ferruginea. Peculiar to Margalla are mallotus ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"It is seldom pressed, but beside for table use is also employed for technical
puposes. 6. mallotus Philippensis ..."
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