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herring

DEFINITIONS OF: herring

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n commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific

Synonyms:
Clupea harangus
Types:
Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus harengus
important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic
Clupea harengus pallasii, Pacific herring
important food fish of the northern Pacific
Type of:
food fish
any fish used for food by human beings
clupeid, clupeid fish
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

n valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled

Types:
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kipper, kippered herring
salted and smoked herring
bloater
large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked
pickled herring
herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)
red herring, smoked herring
a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
brisling, sprat
small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
whitebait
minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole
rollmops
a pickled herring filet that has been rolled or wrapped around a pickle
Type of:
saltwater fish
flesh of fish from the sea used as food
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