CLUPEIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Clupeidae mean? 

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

1. herrings; shad; sardines; etc.

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLUPEIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herrings; shad; sardines; etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Clupeidae; family Clupeidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Clupeidae"):

clupeid; clupeid fish (any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas)

Alosa; genus Alosa (shad)

genus Pomolobus; Pomolobus (genus to which the alewife is sometimes assigned)

Brevoortia; genus Brevoortia (menhaden)

Clupea; genus Clupea (type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings)

genus Sardina; genus Sardinia; Sardina; genus Sardinops; Sardinops (pilchards)

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

Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)