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Type Words
Synonyms clupea harangus
Type of food fish, clupeid, clupeid fish
Has types clupea harengus harengus, clupea harengus pallasii, pacific herring, atlantic herring
Type Words
Type of saltwater fish
Has types brisling, kipper, kippered herring, bloater, pickled herring, red herring, whitebait, smoked herring, sprat

Examples of herring

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Herring was represented at the hearing by the county's public defender's office.
From the dailyherald.com
Josh had the fish and chips, Fred and I split the herring and the shrimp skagen.
From the gothamgal.com
Hickory, also known as shad herring, has a formal Latin name of Alosa mediocris.
From the newsobserver.com
With that in mind, a mooted anxiety about cut in the ground looks a red herring.
From the independent.co.uk
Maybe the herring would have died anyway, competing with hatchery fish for food.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Slice the herring fillets on a bias, in half or in thirds depending on the size.
From the sfgate.com
Herring not only recovered but is now attempting his dream to become an Ironman.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I'm not saying you can't wear what you want, but your clothes are a red herring.
From the time.com
The archipelago is well-known for its Baltic herring and rainbow trout products.
From the en.wikipedia.org
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  • Valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
  • Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
  • Herring is an oily fish of the genus Clupea, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, including the Baltic Sea. ...
  • Herring is or was the family name of the following: *Aggie Herring (1876--1939), U.S. actress *Alfred Cecil Herring (1888--1966), Royal Army Service Corps officer *Annie Herring, U.S. Christian singer *Art Herring (1906--1995) , U.S. baseball player *Aubrey Herring, U.S. ...
  • (Herred) A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in England, Wales, Denmark, South Australia, some parts of the United States, Germany (Southern Schleswig), Sweden, Finland and Norway, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. ...
  • A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food
  • To dream of seeing herring, indicates a tight squeeze to escape financial embarrassment, but you will have success later.
  • The fish is seen in the roll of Edward II.
  • A family of small planktonivorous bony fishes (Class ostreichthytes, Subphylum Vertebrata, Phylum Chordata) that have only tissues and are extremely abundant in some areas. Includes sardines, achovies.*