CLUPEID

Meaning of CLUPEID in English

[clu.pe.id] n [ultim. fr. L clupea, a small river fish] (1880): any of a large family (Clupeidae) of soft-finned bony fishes (as herrings) that have a laterally compressed body and a forked tail and usu. occur in schools -- clupeid adj

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CLUPEID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin clupea, a small river fish Date: 1942 herring 2
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLUPEID — I. ˈklüpēə̇d, -ˌid adjective Etymology: New Latin Clupeidae : of or relating to the Clupeidae II. noun ( -s ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLUPEID — /klooh"pee id/ , n. 1. any of the Clupeidae, a family of chiefly marine, teleostean fishes, including the herrings, sardines, …
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CLUPEID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin clupea, a small river fish Date: 1942 : herring 2
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CLUPEID — clupeid BrE AmE ˈkluːp i ɪd § \ -əd ▷ clupeid|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLUPEID — Pronunciation: ' klü-p ē - ə d Function: noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin clupea, a small river fish Date: 1942 …
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BLUEBACK HERRING — noun Date: 1873 an anadromous clupeid fish ( Alosa aestivalis ) of the Atlantic coast of North America having a …
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SARDINE — I. ˈsärˌdīn, -_d ə n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ( lapis ) sardinus Sardian …
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SHAD — ˈshad, -aa(ə)- noun ( plural shad or shads ) Etymology: from (assumed) Middle English shad, from Old English sceadd; akin …
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PILCHARD — ˈpilchə(r)d noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. : a clupeid fish ( Sardinia pilchardus or Sardinella pilchardus ) …
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PACIFIC SARDINE — noun Usage: usually capitalized P : an extremely abundant small clupeid fish ( Sardinops caerulea ) of the Pacific coast …
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MENHADEN — /men hayd"n/ , n. , pl. menhaden . any marine clupeid fish of the genus Brevoortia, esp. B. tyrannus, resembling …
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CLUPEOID — /klooh"pee oyd'/ , adj. 1. resembling a fish of the family Clupeidae; clupeid. n. 2. a clupeoid fish. [ 1875-80; …
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CHOPA — /choh"peuh, chop"euh/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) chopa , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds …
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BLUEBACK HERRING — noun Date: 1873 : an anadromous clupeid fish ( Alosa aestivalis ) of the Atlantic coast of North America having …
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SHAD — [shad] n, pl shad [(assumed) ME, fr. OE sceadd] (bef. 12c): any of several clupeid fishes (esp. genus Alosa) that …
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SARDINE — [sar.dine] n, pl sardines also sardine [ME sardeine, fr. MF sardine, fr. L sardina] (14c) 1: any of several small …
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HERRING — [her.ring] n, pl herring or herrings [ME hering, fr. OE haering; akin to OHG harinc herring] (bef. 12c) 1: either …
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ALEWIFE — [ale.wife] n (15c): a woman who keeps an alehouse [2]alewife n [perh. alter. of obs. allowes, a kind of shad, …
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