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Noun: clupeid  kloo-pee-id
  1. Any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
    "Herring and sardines are examples of clupeid fish";
    - clupeid fish

Derived forms: clupeids

Type of: malacopterygian, soft-finned fish

Part of: Clupeidae, family Clupeidae

Encyclopedia: Clupeid