English noun: smelt |
1. | smelt (food) small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | American smelt, European smelt, rainbow smelt, sparling |
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| Part meronym | smelt |
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2. | smelt (animal) small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters |
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| Broader (hypernym) | malacopterygian, soft-finned fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | capelan, capelin, caplin, European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus, Osmerus mordax, rainbow smelt, sparling |
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| Part holonym | smelt |
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| Member meronym | family Osmeridae, Osmeridae |
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