HERRING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
   Synonym(s)
   • Clupea harangus (what does Clupea harangus mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) herring is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • clupeid fish (what does clupeid fish mean?)
   • clupeid (what does clupeid mean?)
   • food fish (what does food fish mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Atlantic herring (what does Atlantic herring mean?)
   • Clupea harengus harengus (what does Clupea harengus harengus mean?)
   • Pacific herring (what does Pacific herring mean?)
   • Clupea harengus pallasii (what does Clupea harengus pallasii mean?)
2. Meaning
   • valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific
   • usually salted or pickled
   Hypernyms(s) herring is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • saltwater fish (what does saltwater fish mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • kipper (what does kipper mean?)
   • kippered herring (what does kippered herring mean?)
   • bloater (what does bloater mean?)
   • pickled herring (what does pickled herring mean?)
   • red herring (what does red herring mean?)
   • smoked herring (what does smoked herring mean?)
   • sprat (what does sprat mean?)
   • brisling (what does brisling mean?)
   • whitebait (what does whitebait mean?)