English noun: clupeid | |||
1. | clupeid (animal) any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas | ||
Synonyms | clupeid 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 meronym | Clupeidae, family Clupeidae | ||