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bloater
(redirected from Coregonus hoyi)

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bloat·er 1  (bltr)
n.
A large mackerel or herring, lightly smoked and salted.

[From obsolete dialectal bloat, a soft, moist cured fish, probably from bloat.]

bloat·er 2  (bltr)
n.
A small whitefish (Coregonus hoyi) of the Great Lakes and the lakes of eastern Canada.

bloater [ˈbləʊtə]
n
1. (Cookery) a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured
2. Brit slang a fat or greedy person
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bloater - large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked
herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Translations
bloater [ˈbləʊtəʳ] Narenque m ahumado
bloater
bloater [ˈbləʊtəʳ] n (herring) → aringa affumicata; (mackerel) → sgombro affumicato


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