clupeid

Noun

Meaning

any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

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Synonyms

clupeid fish shad sardine fish herring alewife mackerel anchovy trout menhaden pilchard Atlantic herring sard brisling clupeoid
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Hypernyms

malacopterygian soft-finned fish

Hyponyms

shad sardine herring alewife menhaden pilchard

Close letter words and terms

Clupea harengus pallasii Clupea pallasii Clupea sprattus clupeid fish Clupeidae clupeiform