bloater

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English

Bloaters on yellow paper, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889

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Etymology

bloat +‎ -er, because they swell during preparation.

Noun

bloater (plural bloaters)

(British) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel.
(Canada, US) A freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes; the species Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..

Synonyms

(smoked fish): wanker (public school slang)

Derived terms

(British) bloater paste

References

“bloater”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Bloater (herring) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coregonus hoyi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

La Trobe, latrobe, retablo, rotable

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