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CLUPEA HARANGUS

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Meaning:

Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific

Synonyms:

Clupea harangus; herring

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Nouns denoting animals

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

food fish (any fish used for food by human beings)

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

Meronyms (parts of "Clupea harangus"):

herring (valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Clupea harangus"):

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)

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

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

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