clupeid

clu·pe·id  (klp-d)

n.

Any of various widely distributed soft-finned fishes of the family Clupeidae, which includes the herrings, menhadens, and sardines.

adj.

Of, relating to, or belonging to the family Clupeidae.

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

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clupeid [ˈkluːpɪɪd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any widely distributed soft-finned teleost fish of the family Clupeidae, typically having oily flesh, and including the herrings, sardines, shad, etc.

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the family Clupeidae

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

Thesaurus

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