herring
['heriŋ]
n. 青鱼, 鲱



herring
[ noun ]

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

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

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Herring \Her"ring\ (h[e^]r"r[i^]ng), n. [OE. hering, AS.
h[ae]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h["a]ring, hering, OHG.
haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called
because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. {Harry}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of various species of fishes of the genus {Clupea}, and
allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring
({Clupea 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} (Zo["o]l.), a large gull which feeds in part
upon herrings; esp., {Larus argentatus} in America, and
{Larus cachinnans} in England. See {Gull}.

{Herring hog} (Zo["o]l.), the common porpoise.

{King of the herrings}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chim[ae]ra ({Chimaera monstrosa}) which follows the
schools of herring. Called also {rabbit fish} in the U.
K. See {Chim[ae]ra}.
(b) The opah.