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clupeoid Zool.|ˈkluːpiːɔɪd|
[f. L. clupe-a a kind of small river-fish, taken as the name of the genus which includes the herring, pilchard, sprat, etc. + -oid.]
A fish belonging to the herring family (Clupeidæ).
1880Gunther Fishes 117 The condition is..more complicated in many Clupeoids. 1887Athenæum 9 July 58/3 Mr. A. Smith-Woodward..considered it [the genus Rhacolepis] an elopine clupeoid. |