clupeid

American

[kloo-pee-id] / ˈklu pi ɪd /

noun

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

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the family Clupeidae.

clupeid British

/ ˈkluːpɪɪd /

noun

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

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adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the family Clupeidae

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Etymology

Origin of clupeid

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

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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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