Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the characters of the Clupeidæ.
- noun Same as clupeid. L. Agassiz; Sir J. Richardson.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Herring family.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Of or relating to the
herring family.
Etymologies
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Clupea + -oid
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For distribution and abundance of clupeoid larvae (pilchard, round herring and anchovy) and scombrid larvae (tuna and chub mackerel), see Beckley, 1998.
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