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clupeids

clupeids is the plural of clupeid.

Meaning of clupeid

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...

Questions about clupeids

What is clupeids the plural of?
Clupeids is the plural of clupeid.

Words near clupeids in the dictionary

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

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