HyperDic: clupeid

English > 1 sense of the word clupeid:
NOUNanimalclupeid, clupeid fishany of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
English > clupeid: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas.
Synonymclupeid fish
Member ofClupeidae, family Clupeidaeherrings
Narroweralewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengusShad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn
herring, Clupea haranguscommercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannisShad-like North American marine fishes used for fish ... / fish meal and oil and fertilizer
pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardussmall fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe
sardineAny of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
shadHerring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
Broadersoft-finned fish, malacopterygianAny fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
Spanishcupleiforme
Catalancupleiforme

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