n. Any of many soft-finned fish of the family Clupeidae
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of the family Clupeidae, inhabiting the shallow waters of northern seas. The group includes the herrings, menhaden, sardines, and shad.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A fish of the family Clupeidæ. Also clupeoid.
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n. any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
Word Usage
"The larva of the horse-mackerel, on the other hand, is like a tadpole; it swims better than a clupeid larva of the same size - thus enabling it to flee predators more easily - and it has a bigger mouth to capture more and bigger prey."