- genus Clupea
- nountype genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings• Syn: ↑Clupea• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Clupeidae, ↑family Clupeidae• Member Meronyms:
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genus Clupea
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Clupea — noun type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings • Syn: ↑genus Clupea • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Clupeidae, ↑family Clupeidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Clupea harangus — noun commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific • Syn: ↑herring • Hypernyms: ↑clupeid fish, ↑clupeid, ↑food fish • Hyponyms: ↑Atlantic herring, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Clupea harengus harengus — noun important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic • Syn: ↑Atlantic herring • Hypernyms: ↑herring, ↑Clupea harangus • Member Holonyms: ↑Clupea, ↑genus Clupea … Useful english dictionary
Clupea harengus pallasii — noun important food fish of the northern Pacific • Syn: ↑Pacific herring • Hypernyms: ↑herring, ↑Clupea harangus • Member Holonyms: ↑Clupea, ↑genus Clupea … Useful english dictionary
Clupea harengus — Herring Her ring (h[e^]r r[i^]ng), n. [OE. hering, AS. h[ae]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h[ a]ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. {Harry}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clupea sprattus — noun small herring processed like a sardine • Syn: ↑brisling, ↑sprat • Hypernyms: ↑sardine • Member Holonyms: ↑Clupea, ↑genus Clupea • Part Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Clupea — may refer to: Clupea, genus of herrings Kelibia, coastal town in northeastern Tunisia This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to ch … Wikipedia
Clupea alosa — Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clupea finta — Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clupea sapidissima — Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
