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Any of various widely distributed soft-finned fishes of the family Clupeidae, which includes the herrings, menhadens, and sardines.
adj.Of, relating to, or belonging to the family Clupeidae.
[From New Latin Clupeidae, family name, from Latin clupea, a kind of small fish.]
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
Synonym: clupeid fish
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 Atlantic herring, Clupea
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Dussumieriinae |
Clupeidae is the family of the
Important commercial species include:
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