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- noun zoology Any member of the Hyperiidae.
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These four species of planktivorous fish feed mainly on calanoid copepods and larger crustaceans, the latter predominantly hyperiid amphipods to the north and euphausiids to the south.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Newfoundland and Labrador Seas, Northeastern Canada 2009
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