Clupea

See also: clupea

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin clupea (“allis shad”).

Proper noun

Clupea f

1. 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; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; 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

1. a town in Africa, now Kélibia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Clupea
genitive	Clupeae
dative	Clupeae
accusative	Clupeam
ablative	Clupeā
vocative	Clupea
locative	Clupeae

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.