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1. (n.) herring
an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous schools in the N Atlantic.
2. herring
a similar fish, Clupea harengus pallasii, of the N Pacific.
3. herring
any fish of the family Clupeidae, including herrings, shads, and sardines.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME hering, OE hæmacr;ring, c. OHG hāring)
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1. (noun) herring
valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
2. (noun) herring, Clupea harangus
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
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1. (noun) herring
one of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities
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Sense: a small, edible kind of sea fish.
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 Afrikaans: haring |
 Arabic: سَمَك الرَّنْكَه |
 Bulgarian: херинга |
 Brazilian: arenque |
 Czech: sleď |
 German: der Hering |
 Danish: sild |
 Greek: ρέγγα |
 Spanish: arenque |
 Estonian: heeringas |
 Farsi: شاه ماهی |
 Finnish: silli |
 French: hareng |
 Hebrew: מָלִיח |
 Hindi: हिलसा मछली |
 Croatian: sled, haringa |
 Hungarian: hering |
 Indonesian: ikan haring |
 Icelandic: síld |
 Italian: aringa |
 Japanese: にしん |
 Korean: 청어 |
 Lithuanian: silkė |
 Latvian: siļķe |
 Malay: ikan hering |
 Dutch: haring |
 Norwegian: sild |
 Polish: śledź |
 Persian: شاه ماهی |
 Pashto: يوډول كب |
 Portuguese: arenque |
 Romanian: hering |
 Russian: сельдь |
 Slovak: sleď |
 Slovenian: sled |
 Serbian: haringa |
 Swedish: sill |
 Thai: ปลาทะเลชนิดหนึ่ง อาสัยอยู |
 Turkish: ringa (balığı) |
 Taiwanese: 鯡魚 |
 Ukrainian: оселедець |
 Urdu: خار ماہی |
 Vietnamese: cá trích |
 Chinese: 鲱鱼 |
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