Noun: clupeid kloo-pee-id
- 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