bloat·er 1
(blō′tər)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
(blō′tər)n.
A small whitefish (Coregonus hoyi) of the Great Lakes and the lakes of eastern Canada.
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bloater
(ˈbləʊtə)n
1. (Cookery) a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured
2. slang Brit a fat or greedy person
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bloat•er
(ˈbloʊ tər)n.
1. a herring or mackerel cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
2. a freshwater cisco, Coregonus hoyi, found in the Great Lakes.
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| Noun | 1. |  bloater - large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smokedherring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled |
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bloater
n → Räucherhering m
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