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herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled |
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saltwater fish flesh of fish from the sea used as food
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clupea harangus,
herring commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
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kipper,
kippered herring salted and smoked herring
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bloater large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked
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pickled herring herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)
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smoked herring,
red herring any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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brisling,
sprat small herring processed like a sardine
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whitebait the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts
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herring - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific |
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clupeid,
clupeid fish any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
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food fish any fish used for food by human beings
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clupea,
genus clupea type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings
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atlantic herring,
clupea harengus harengus important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic
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clupea harengus pallasii,
pacific herring important food fish of the northern Pacific
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herring commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
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