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clupeid definition

clu·peid (klo̵̅o̅′pē id′)

noun

any of a family (Clupeidae, order Clupeiformes) of soft-finned, bony fishes, as herring or sardines

Etymology: < ModL Clupea (< L clupea, kind of small river fish) + -id

adjective

of this family of fishes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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