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FAMILY CLUPEIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herrings; shad; sardines; etc.play

Synonyms:

Clupeidae; family Clupeidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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