Clupea
See also: clupea
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin clupea (“allis shad”).
Proper noun edit
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 edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Clupeomorpha - superorder; Clupeiformes - order; Clupeidae - family; Clupeinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Clupea harengus (Atlantic herring) - type species; Clupea bentincki (Araucanian herring), Clupea caspiopontica, Clupea harengula, Clupea melanostoma, Clupea pallasii (Pacific herring) - species
References edit
- Clupea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Clupea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Clupea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Clupea at World Register of Marine Species
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλυπέα (Klupéa).
Proper noun edit
Clupea f sg (genitive Clupeae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Clupea |
Genitive | Clupeae |
Dative | Clupeae |
Accusative | Clupeam |
Ablative | Clupeā |
Vocative | Clupea |
Locative | Clupeae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Clupea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.