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English noun: clupeid

1. clupeid (animal) any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas


Synonymsclupeid fish


Broader (hypernym)malacopterygian, soft-finned fish


Narrower (hyponym)alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, Brevoortia tyrannis, Clupea harangus, herring, menhaden, pilchard, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, Sardina pilchardus, sardine, sardine, shad


Member meronymClupeidae, family Clupeidae









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