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clupeid vs herring

herring vs clupeid

clupeid and herring both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clupeid Yes No No No
herring Yes No No No
As nouns, herring is a hyponym of clupeid; that is, herring is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clupeid:
  • clupeid: any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
  • herring: commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
clupeid (noun) herring (noun)
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Difference between clupeid and herring

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