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GENUS CLUPEA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings

Synonyms:

Clupea; genus Clupea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Clupea"):

Clupea harangus; herring (commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific)

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)

brisling; Clupea sprattus; sprat (small herring processed like a sardine)

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

Clupeidae; family Clupeidae (herrings; shad; sardines; etc.)

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