Words Like HERRING
We have put together a list of words that are similar to HERRING.
6 Alternative Words Similar to herring
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Whitebait
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Sprat
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Brisling
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Kipper
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Bloater
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10 definitions of herring
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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.
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commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
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valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
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Any of various fishes of the family Clupeidae, especially a commercially important food fish (Clupea harengus) of Atlantic and Pacific waters.
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A clupeoid fish, Clupea harengus, of great economic importance and commercial value.
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A herring which has been gutted and dried for keeping.
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To manure with herring or other fish.
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In Australia, Prototroctes maræna, the Yarra herring, fresh-water herring, grayling, or cucumber-mullet, found in the rivers of Victoria and Tasmania.
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The ten-pounder, Elops saurus, found in all tropical waters.