AMERICAN SMELT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American smelt mean? 

• AMERICAN SMELT (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN SMELT has 1 sense:

1. common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN SMELT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN SMELT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

American smelt; rainbow smelt

Hypernyms ("American smelt" is a kind of...):

smelt (small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water)

Holonyms ("American smelt" is a part of...):

Osmerus mordax; rainbow smelt (important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska)