6 definitions found for bloater

bloater n 1: large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked

bloater latrobe

bloater 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

bloater
n. a herring cured by bloating.

bloater ˈbləutə n. a herring cured by bloating.

Bloater Bloat"er (-[~e]r), n. [See Bloat, Blote.] The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.