clupeid

Other forms of clupeid

plural

clupeids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clupeid

What does clupeid mean?

clupeid means "any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas".

How many syllables are in clupeid?

clupeid has 2 syllables: clu-peid. The stress falls on "clu".

What is another word for clupeid?

Close synonyms include clupeid fish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clupeid a common word?

clupeid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.