CLUPEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Clupea mean? 

• CLUPEA (noun)
  The noun CLUPEA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings

  Familiarity information: CLUPEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLUPEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Clupea; genus Clupea

Hypernyms ("Clupea" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Clupea"):

Clupea harangus; herring (commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific)

Atlantic herring; Clupea harengus harengus (important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic)

Clupea harengus pallasii; Pacific herring (important food fish of the northern Pacific)

brisling; Clupea sprattus; sprat (small herring processed like a sardine)

Holonyms ("Clupea" is a member of...):

Clupeidae; family Clupeidae (herrings; shad; sardines; etc.)