Defenition of the word herring

• Defenition of the word herring

  • A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
  • 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

Synonyms for the word herring

• • Clupea harangus

Meronymys for the word herring

• • Clupea
  • Clupea harangus
  • genus Clupea
  • herring

Hyponyms for the word herring

• • Atlantic herring
  • bloater
  • brisling
  • Clupea harengus harengus
  • Clupea harengus pallasii
  • kipper
  • kippered herring
  • Pacific herring
  • pickled herring
  • red herring
  • smoked herring
  • sprat
  • whitebait

Hypernyms for the word herring

• • clupeid
  • clupeid fish
  • food fish
  • saltwater fish

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