Akademik

Clupeidae

noun

herrings; shad; sardines; etc.

• Syn: ↑family Clupeidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Isospondyli, ↑order Isospondyli

• Member Meronyms:

↑clupeid fish, ↑clupeid, ↑Alosa, ↑genus Alosa, ↑Pomolobus, ↑genus Pomolobus, ↑Brevoortia, ↑genus Brevoortia, ↑Clupea, ↑genus Clupea, ↑Sardina, ↑genus Sardina, ↑genus Sardinia, ↑Sardinops, ↑genus Sardinops

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\\klüˈpēəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Clupea, type genus + -idae

: a large family of soft-finned teleost fishes (order Isospondyli) including the herrings, sardines, shads, menhaden, and related forms all having a narrow compressed body and forked tail

Useful english dictionary. 2012.