| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Of or pertaining to the Herring family.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb clupeoidly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (clupeoidly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective clupeoid.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CLUPEOID" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Clupeoid \Clu"pe*oid\, adjective. [Latin expression clupea kind of fish, New Latin, generic name of the herring -oid.]. (references) |
