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    FAMILY CLUPEIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Herrings; shad; sardines; etc.play

    Synonyms:

    Clupeidae; family Clupeidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Clupeidae" is a kind of...):

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Clupeidae"):

    clupeid; clupeid fish (any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas)

    Alosa; genus Alosa (shad)

    genus Pomolobus; Pomolobus (genus to which the alewife is sometimes assigned)

    Brevoortia; genus Brevoortia (menhaden)

    Clupea; genus Clupea (type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings)

    genus Sardina; genus Sardinia; Sardina; genus Sardinops; Sardinops (pilchards)

    Holonyms ("family Clupeidae" is a member of...):

    Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)

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