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  • 1Bloater — Bloat er ( [ e]r), n. [See {Bloat}, {Blote}.] The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; called also {bloat herring}. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2bloater — ► NOUN ▪ a herring cured by salting and light smoking …

    English terms dictionary

  • 3bloater — bloater1 [blōt′ər] n. [< BLOAT2] a fat herring or mackerel that has been cured by bloating bloater2 [blōtər] n. [< BLOAT1] a small freshwater trout (Coregonus hoyi) found esp. in the Great Lakes …

    English World dictionary

  • 4Bloater — Taxobox | name = Bloater status = VU status system = iucn2.3 image width = 250px image caption = Bloater ( Coregonus hoyi ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Salmoniformes familia = Coregonidae genus = Coregonus… …

    Wikipedia

  • 5bloater — UK [ˈbləʊtə(r)] / US [ˈbloʊtər] noun [countable] Word forms bloater : singular bloater plural bloaters a sea fish that is eaten as food …

    English dictionary

  • 6bloater, bloat — n British a fat or overweight person. A bloater is an edible fish, but the slang term is probably derived from bloated …

    Contemporary slang

  • 7bloater — I. noun Etymology: obsolete bloat (to cure) Date: 1832 a large fat herring or mackerel lightly salted and briefly smoked II. noun Etymology: 2bloat Date: 1896 a small silvery cisco (Coregonus hoyi) of the Great Lakes having oily flesh …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 8bloater — 1) a lightly salted, unsplit, hot smoked herring or cisco. Usually of a straw colour and may be marketed whole or boned, frozen, or semi preserved as paste or canned 2) the salmonid Coregonus hoyi, a cisco of the North American Great Lakes so… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 9bloater paste — fish paste made of ground meat from bloaters (usually slightly smoked salted herring) …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 10bloater stock — barrel salted herrings on board a ship, for later smoking …

    Dictionary of ichthyology