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Definition of Herring

1. Noun. Valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled.

2. Noun. Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific.

Definition of Herring

1. n. 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.

Definition of Herring

1. Noun. A type of small, oily fish of the genus ''Clupea'', often used as food. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Herring

1. a food fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Herring

1. One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, especially. 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. Herring gull The chimaera (C. Monstrosa) which follows the schools of herring. See Chimaera. The opah. Origin: OE. Hering, AS. Haering; akin to D. Haring, G. Haring, hering, OHG. Haring, hering, and prob. To AS. Here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. Harry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Herring

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Literary usage of Herring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"Dodd (JS) An essay towards a natural history of the herring. London, 1752. 8°. Exact (An) and authentic account of the. . . white herring fishery in ..."

2. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1910)
"herring, Anthony, asks for lapse patent, 2. 488. herring, Anthony, in militia ... herring, Jos., act to vest lands in, I 24. 527. bill to vest lands in, 18. ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"herring live on minute crustaceans and larval forms of a great variety of ... The young herring probably remain on the shallow spawning beds all the year. ..."

4. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1855)
"THE herring Trade is so important a branch of national industry, and is characterized ... Popularly little is known of the natural history of the herring, ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"In the general report, a short introduction is followed by a chapter on the herring. The first part of this consists of a summary of inquiries into the ..."

6. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"The herring is either sold in a fresh state or it may be smoked, salted, ... A species of herring is found on the Pacific coast known as California herring ..."

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