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SMELT (Osmerus eperlanus; Fr. eperlan...

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 253 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SMELT (Osmerus eperlanus; Fr. eperlan; Scotch sparling or spirling) , the See also:common small See also:European See also:fish of the genus Osmerus, See also:family Salmonidae. It breeds, unless See also:land-locked, in See also:salt or brackish See also:water, and though it often enters See also:rivers it does not ascend beyond tidal See also:influence. Like other See also:British Salmonids it spawns in See also:winter. The true smelt inhabits the coasts of See also:northern and central See also:Europe, and allied See also:species are known from the See also:Atlantic and Pacific coasts of See also:North See also:America (Osmerus mordax, 0. thaleichthys, 0. Japonicus).

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