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Definition of Clupeid
1. Noun. Any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas.
Generic synonyms: Malacopterygian, Soft-finned Fish
Group relationships: Clupeidae, Family Clupeidae
Specialized synonyms: Shad, Alewife, Alosa Pseudoharengus, Pomolobus Pseudoharengus, Brevoortia Tyrannis, Menhaden, Clupea Harangus, Herring, Sardine, Pilchard, Sardina Pilchardus, Sardine
Definition of Clupeid
1. Noun. Any of many soft-finned fish of the family ''Clupeidae'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clupeid
1. a fish of the herring family [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clupeid
Literary usage of Clupeid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1882)
"The scales of an ordinary clupeid are very thin, more or less circular, and very
finely sculptured. ..."
2. The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science by Armagh Natural History and Philosophical Society, Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Cork Scientific and Literary Society, Cuvierian Society of Cork, Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Association, Literary and Scientific Instit (1861)
"Hyrtl says—The branchial clefts ore very long and narrow in all clupeid fish,
and the fringes on the convex border of the branchial arches are of so ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... so familiar in connection with the enormous schools of the clupeid, so called,
which enter the rivers of New England. So entirely has the name been ..."
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