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    GENUS CLUPEA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herringsplay

    Synonyms:

    Clupea; genus Clupea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Clupea" is a kind of...):

    fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Clupea"):

    Clupea harangus; herring (commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific)

    Atlantic herring; Clupea harengus harengus (important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic)

    Clupea harengus pallasii; Pacific herring (important food fish of the northern Pacific)

    brisling; Clupea sprattus; sprat (small herring processed like a sardine)

    Holonyms ("genus Clupea" is a member of...):

    Clupeidae; family Clupeidae (herrings; shad; sardines; etc.)

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