CLUPEID Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word clupeid. (close relations)
Definition of CLUPEID
Best Alternative Words for CLUPEID
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anchovy | nounn | |||||||
noun • tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces • small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide | ||||||||
herring | nounn | |||||||
noun • valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled • commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific | ||||||||
pilchard | nounn | |||||||
noun • small fatty fish usually canned • small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring | ||||||||
sardine | nounn | |||||||
noun • small fatty fish usually canned • any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned • a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony • small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring | ||||||||
shad | nounn | |||||||
noun • bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast • herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn | ||||||||
clupeid fish | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas |