Clupea

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin clupea (“allis shad”). === Proper noun === Clupea f A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – the herring, plankton-eating forage fish that are an important food, found in temperate waters. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – superclass; Actinopteri – class; Neopterygii – subclass; Teleostei – infraclass; Clupeomorpha - superorder; Clupeiformes - order; Clupeidae - family; Clupeinae - subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Clupea harengus (Atlantic herring) - type species; Clupea bentincki (Araucanian herring), Clupea caspiopontica, Clupea harengula, Clupea melanostoma, Clupea pallasii (Pacific herring) - species === References === Clupea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Clupea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Clupea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Clupea at World Register of Marine Species == Latin == === Alternative forms === Clypea === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλυπέα (Klupéa). === Proper noun === Clupea f sg (genitive Clupeae); first declension a town in Africa, now Kélibia ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Clupeāni ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Clipea, Clupea Arabic: قليبية (Qlībiya) French: Kélibia English: Kelibia === References === “Clupea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.