clupeoid

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or relating to fish closely related taxonomically to herring.
2. noun Any of a group of fish closely related taxonomically to herring.

Similar words

clupeiform pleuronectoid fishen pleuronectiform sharklike otocephalan fishlike homocercal crossopterygian plagiostomous

Often followed by

fishes fish larvae stocks family