Definitions for clupeid

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clupeid clu·pe·id

Spelling: [kloo-pee-id]

IPA: /ˈklu pi ɪd/

Clupeid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 175 anagrams from letters in clupeid (cdeilpu).

Definitions for clupeid

noun

1. any of the Clupeidae, a family of chiefly marine, teleostean fishes, including the herrings, sardines, menhaden, and shad.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the family Clupeidae.

Origin of clupeid

1875-80; New Latin Clupeidae, equivalent to Clupe(a) the type genus (Latin: a small river fish) + -idae -id²

Examples for clupeid

A well-known small sea-fish, belonging to the family of clupeid, a branch of the order Malacopterygii.

The Herring family (clupeid) contains some well-known food-fishes to which we need only casually refer.

There are several species of sardines belonging to the herring family (clupeid).