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herring (iou)



herring noun. Pl. same, -s.

Any of various chiefly marine fishes of the family Clupeidae, which includes several important food fishes; spec. a blue-backed silvery fish of the N. Atlantic, Clupea harengus, which forms shoals in coastal waters at spawning time. Also, the flesh of any of these fishes as food.
fall herring a herring of NW Atlantic coastal waters, Alosa mediocris. lake herring = CISCO. MATJE herring. RED HERRING. round herring a herring of NW Atlantic coastal waters, Etrumeus teres, with a slender body of round cross-section. SMIG herring.
Comb.: herring-choker slang (a) Canad. a native or inhabitant of the Maritime Provinces; (b) US a Scandinavian; herring-gull a large gull, Larus argentatus, widespread and common on Palaearctic coasts; herring-gutted adjective (of a horse) being too narrow through the body behind the ribs; herring-pond joc. the sea, esp. the N. Atlantic.
herring-like adjective E20.