smelt

Example Sentences

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Populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, Delta smelt and other species have been declining.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

In my family, everyone new to the table — new partners, neighbors, friends — must try a smelt.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

At Minworth Wastewater Treatment works in the Midlands the scale of the current problem can be both seen and smelt.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

Overhouse and other environmental advocates argue that the voluntary deals struck by major water suppliers would be disastrous for threatened and endangered fish, including salmon, steelhead, green sturgeon, longfin smelt and Delta smelt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

They didn’t dare risk the salmon cakes; the bear would have smelt them from many daywalks away.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver