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clupeid

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(klo̅o̅′pē id)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
clu•pe•id  (klo̅o̅′pē id),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fishany of the Clupeidae, a family of chiefly marine, teleostean fishes, including the herrings, sardines, menhaden, and shad.

adj. 
  1. Fishbelonging or pertaining to the family Clupeidae.
  • Neo-Latin Clupeidae, equivalent. to Clupe(a) the type genus (Latin: a small river fish) + -idae -id2
  • 1875–80

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