Meaning of HERRING
| Pronunciation: | | 'hering
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- [n] commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
- [n] valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
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| | Synonyms: | | Clupea harangus |
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| | See Also: | | Atlantic herring, bloater, brisling, Clupea, Clupea harangus, Clupea harengus harengus, Clupea harengus pallasii, clupeid, clupeid fish, food fish, genus Clupea, herring, herring, kipper, kippered herring, Pacific herring, pickled herring, red herring, saltwater fish, smoked herring, sprat, whitebait | |
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| | Definition: | | \Her"ring\, n. [OE. hering, AS. h[ae]ring; akin to D.
haring, G. h["a]ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob.
to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in
large numbers. Cf. {Harry}.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of various species of fishes of the genus {Clupea}, and
allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring ({C.
harengus}) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast
schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and
America, where they are salted and smoked in great
quantities.
{Herring gull} (Zo["o]l.), a large gull which feeds in part
upon herrings; esp., {Larus argentatus} in America, and
{L. cachinnans} in England. See {Gull}.
{Herring hog} (Zo["o]l.), the common porpoise.
{King of the herrings}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chim[ae]ra ({C. monstrosa}) which follows the schools
of herring. See {Chim[ae]ra}.
(b) The opah.
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