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FAMILY CLUPEIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herrings; shad; sardines; etc.
Synonyms:
Clupeidae; family Clupeidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Clupeidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family 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)
