1. Noun
A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.
2. Noun
very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
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