English dictionary

herring

/'h/E/r/I//N/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled

noun.food

Source: WordNet 3.0
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific

noun.animal

Synonyms clupea harangus

Source: WordNet 3.0
One of various species of fishes of the genus <i>Clupea</i>, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (<i>C. harengus</i>) 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.

noun

Source: webster1913