smelt
Example Sentences
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Native fish that are increasingly threatened include the finger-sized Delta smelt and white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America, which can reach more than 10 feet long.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
"We spent around an hour getting all the glass out and the porch smelt a bit, but you can imagine."
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
In my family, everyone new to the table — new partners, neighbors, friends — must try a smelt.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
Populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, Delta smelt and other species have been declining in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
He’d hated her from the first moment he’d smelt her, as she pointed the Long-Claw-that-Flies at his pack-brother.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
