clupeid

clu·pe·id

 (klo͞o′pē-ĭd)

n.

Any of various fishes of the family Clupeidae, which includes the herrings, menhadens, and sardines.

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[From New Latin Clupeidae, family name, from Latin clupea, a kind of small fish.]

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clu′pe·id adj.

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clupeid

(ˈkluːpɪɪd)

n

(Animals) any widely distributed soft-finned teleost fish of the family Clupeidae, typically having oily flesh, and including the herrings, sardines, shad, etc

adj

(Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the family Clupeidae

[C19: from New Latin Clupeidae, from Latin clupea small river fish]

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clu•pe•id

(ˈklu pi ɪd)

n.

any of the Clupeidae, a family of chiefly marine, teleostean fishes, including herrings, sardines, menhaden, and shad.

[1875–80; < New Latin Clupeidae <Clupe(a) a genus (Latin: a small river fish)]

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Noun

1.

clupeid - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas clupeid fish malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii Clupeidae, family Clupeidae - herrings; shad; sardines; etc. shad - herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, alewife - shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus Brevoortia tyrannis, menhaden - shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer Clupea harangus, herring - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific sardine - any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned Sardina pilchardus, pilchard, sardine - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring

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