bloater

English

Bloaters on yellow paper, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Coregonus hoyi

Etymology 1

bloat +‎ -er, because they swell during preparation.

Noun

bloater (plural bloaters)

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

Synonyms

(smoked fish): wanker (public school slang)

Derived terms

(British) bloater paste
blue bloater

Etymology 2

bloat +‎ -er, in the sense of the person having a "bloated" appearance.

Noun

bloater (plural bloaters)

(British, slang) a fat person
(British, slang) a greedy person

References

“bloater”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Bloater (herring) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coregonus hoyi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

La Trobe, latrobe, retablo, rotable

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