On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Capelin. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as caplin or smelt and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Capelin in a sentence
Capelin meaning
A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Using Capelin
- The main meaning on this page is: A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
- Useful related words include: capelan, caplin, smelt.
- In the example corpus, capelin often appears in combinations such as: the capelin, of capelin.
Context around Capelin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Capelin
- In this selection, "capelin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, young, smoked, off, population and benefited stand out and add context to how "capelin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the capelin came inshore and cold smoked capelin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "capelin" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with capelin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This recovery was accompanied by a decline of capelin and cod stocks. (12 words)
North Fish USA Inc. of Hallandale, Florida is recalling the imported 9-ounce packages of "Cold Smoked Capelin. (18 words)
It also was well known by fishermen that shortly after the capelin came inshore, so would the cod shortly after. (20 words)
In October, a team of MIT and Norwegian oceanographers reported observations of a massive swarm of cod overtaking an equally massive swarm of capelin, off the coast of Norway during the height of spawning season for capelin. (37 words)
While the capelin benefited from the reduced fishing, the temperature rise in the 1980s and competition for food with the herring resulted in a near disappearance of young capelin from the Norwegian Sea. (33 words)
Fishing Honningsvåg is the most northerly fishing village in Norway The Barents Sea contains the world largest remaining cod population, citation as well as an important stocks of haddock and capelin. (31 words)
Example sentences (7)
In October, a team of MIT and Norwegian oceanographers reported observations of a massive swarm of cod overtaking an equally massive swarm of capelin, off the coast of Norway during the height of spawning season for capelin.
This one event is unlikely to weaken the capelin population as a whole; the preyed-upon shoal represents 0.1% of the capelin that spawn in the region.
While the capelin benefited from the reduced fishing, the temperature rise in the 1980s and competition for food with the herring resulted in a near disappearance of young capelin from the Norwegian Sea.
It also was well known by fishermen that shortly after the capelin came inshore, so would the cod shortly after.
North Fish USA Inc. of Hallandale, Florida is recalling the imported 9-ounce packages of "Cold Smoked Capelin.
Fishing Honningsvåg is the most northerly fishing village in Norway The Barents Sea contains the world largest remaining cod population, citation as well as an important stocks of haddock and capelin.
This recovery was accompanied by a decline of capelin and cod stocks.
Common combinations with capelin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the capelin 4×
- of capelin 2×