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clupeid

clupeid noun: any of many soft-finned fish of the family Clupeidae.

clupeid: any of many soft-finned fish of the family Clupeidae
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Noun

clupeid (plural clupeids)

  1. Any of many soft-finned fish of the family Clupeidae.
    • The open water expanses of the lake have been occupied mainly by two species of clupeids, as well as by Eutropius niloticus and Physailia pellucida.1973, Willis A. Evans, John Vanderpuye, “Early Development of Fish Populations and Fisheries of Volta Lake”, in William C. Ackermann, Gilbert F. White, E. B. Worthington, editors, Man-Made Lakes...
    • In the pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika, the endemic clupeids are planktivores which migrate surfacewards at night (cf. marine clupeids, p. 227).1987, R. H. Lowe-McConnell, Ecological Studies in Tropical Fish Communities, page 90

Forms of clupeid

pluralclupeids

Questions about clupeid

What does clupeid mean?
Clupeid means any of many soft-finned fish of the family Clupeidae.
What part of speech is clupeid?
Clupeid is a noun.
What is the plural of clupeid?
The plural of clupeid is clupeids.

Words near clupeid in the dictionary

  1. Cluny laces
  2. cluon
  3. cluons
  4. clupanodonic
  5. clupanodonic acid
  6. clupeid
  7. clupeids
  8. clupeiform
  9. clupeiforms
  10. clupein
  11. clupeine

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