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Herring

/ˈhɛɹɪŋ/

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

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noun

1
A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
2
Fish in the family Clupeidae.
3
Fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.

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clupea harangusnoun	commercially important food fish of northern waters of both atlantic and pacific

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Herring"

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Word	Definition
clupea harangusnoun	commercially important food fish of northern waters of both atlantic and pacific
bluebacknoun	A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka).
mackerelnoun	Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,
shadnoun	Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
cohonoun	An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
whitefishnoun	Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
haddocknoun	A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
codfishnoun	(uncountable) The flesh of the cod as food.
cisconoun	Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.
kippernoun	A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
spawnnoun	The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
boningnoun	(slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
silvery	Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
silvernoun	(uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
scandian	(mineralogy) Containing scandium.
sillnoun	(architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
bussnoun	(archaic) A kiss.
decoynoun	A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
lurenoun	(also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
shotten	Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.