Harengula

noun

Ha·​ren·​gu·​la

həˈreŋgyələ

: a nearly cosmopolitan genus of small herrings (family Clupeidae)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin harengus herring + New Latin -ula

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