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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus, found along the shores of northern Europe, and esteemed as a food-fish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

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