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Webster 1913 Edition

(-ẽr)

Noun.

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The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; – called also

bloat herring

Bloaters on yellow paper, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Coregonus hoyi

bloater ‎(plural bloaters)

(Britain) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel.
(Canada, US) A freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes; the species Coregonus hoyi.