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"Bloater" Definition

noun

A large mackerel or herring, lightly smoked and salted.
A small whitefish (Coregonus hoyi) of the Great Lakes and the lakes of eastern Canada.
A large fat herring or mackerel lightly salted and briefly smoked.
A small silvery cisco () of the Great Lakes having oily flesh.
A herring cured by salting and light smoking.