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clupea |
clupea harangus |
clupea harengus harengus |
clupea harengus pallasii |
clupea sprattus |
clupeid
| clupeid fish
| clupeidae
| clupeoid
| clusia
| clusia flava
clupeid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun clupeid has 1 sense
- clupeid(n = noun.animal) clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas; Array is a kind of malacopterygian, soft-finned fish
is a member of clupeidae, family clupeidae
has particulars: shad, alewife, alosa pseudoharengus, pomolobus pseudoharengus, brevoortia tyrannis, menhaden, clupea harangus, herring, sardine, pilchard, sardina pilchardus, sardine
CIDE DICTIONARY
clupeid, n.
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of the family Clupeidae , inhabiting the shallow waters of northern seas. The group includes the herrings, menhaden, sardines, and shad. [WordNet 1.5]
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