clupeid

[ kloo-pee-id ]

noun

1. any of the Clupeidae, a family of chiefly marine, teleostean fishes, including the herrings, sardines, menhaden, and shad.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the family Clupeidae.

clupeid

/ ˈkluːpɪɪd /

noun

1. any widely distributed soft-finned teleost fish of the family Clupeidae, typically having oily flesh, and including the herrings, sardines, shad, etc

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the family Clupeidae

Word History and Origins

Origin of clupeid¹

1875–80; < New Latin Clupeidae, equivalent to Clupe ( a ) the type genus ( Latin: a small river fish) + -idae -id ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of clupeid¹

C19: from New Latin Clupeidae, from Latin clupea small river fish

Example Sentences

A school of tropical clupeid fish avoid a black-tip reef shark in Claudia Pogoreutz's winning photo in the Behaviour category.

From BBC

Sprat, sprat, n. a fish of the family Clupeid�, like the herring, but much smaller.—n.

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