Clupeid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of many soft-finned fish of the family Clupeidae.

    "The open water expanses of the lake have been occupied mainly by two species of clupeids, as well as by Eutropius niloticus and Physailia pellucida."

  2. 2
    any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas wordnet

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clupeid fishclupeid fish

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"The open water expanses of the lake have been occupied mainly by two species of clupeids, as well as by Eutropius niloticus and Physailia pellucida."

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