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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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