BLOATER

bloater

(noun) large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bloater (plural bloaters)

(British) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel.

(North America) A freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes; the species Coregonus hoyi.

Synonyms

• (smoked fish): wanker (public school slang)

Anagrams

• La Trobe, latrobe, retablo, rotable

Source: Wiktionary


Bloat"er, n. Etym: [See Bloat, Blote.]

Definition: The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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