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Definition of Clupeoid
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Herring family.
Definition of Clupeoid
1. Adjective. (zoology) Of or relating to the herring family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clupeoid
1. a clupeid [n -S] - See also: clupeid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clupeoid
Literary usage of Clupeoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1892)
"By WG RIDEWOOD, B.Sc., FZS NOTWITHSTANDING the lengthy descriptions of the
air-bladder and the ear of clupeoid fishes given by Weber, ..."
2. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey by North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905) (1907)
"The clupeoid and Salmonoid Fishes. This order, which comprises some of the
commonest and most valuable of our soft-rayed fishes, both marine and fresh-water ..."
3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"It is held that a small fish of the clupeoid family, caught upon or near the
shores of and packed in oil in Norway, or smoked and packed in oil. is properly ..."
4. University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of by University of California (1868-1952) (1910)
"A. Fragments of a clupeoid or herring-like fish, remarkable for the hair-like
... clupeoid fish. B. Another herring-like species is found on the Santa Anita ..."
5. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"The clupeoid and Salmonoid Fishes. This order, which comprises some of the
commonest and most valuable of our soft-rayed fishes, both marine and fresh-water ..."
6. Arrangement of the Families of Fishes by Theodore Gill (1872)
"The comparison of the form in question with the larval clupeoid was evidently
simply to verify the probability of the immature condition of ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1873)
"The vertebras are clupeoid, while the mode of implantation of teeth is peculiar.
SYNOPSIS OF GENERA. I. Jaws without foramina on the inner face of the ..."
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