n. any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of the family
n. a natural family of teleostean marine fishes which includes the herrings, shad, sardines, menhaden, and others.
a. [ L.clupea a kind of fish, NL., generic name of the herring + -oid. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Herring family. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the Lupercalia. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A grotto on the Palatine Hill sacred to
‖n. pl. [ L. luperealis, fr. Lupercus the Lycean Pan, so called fr. lupus a wolf, because he kept off the wolves. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A feast of the Romans in honor of
a. [ L. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf. F. plus-que-parfait, L. plusquamperfectum. ] More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event. --
a. & n. [ Pref. preter- + pluperfect. ] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called
n. [ Cf. Envelop. ] A woman's cap. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]