meaning of herring
1. 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.
2. commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
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herring | herring gull | herring hog | herring salad | herringbone |
