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Definition of Herrings

Herring
Herring Her"ring, 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 (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 (Zo["o]l.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, and L. 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 (C. monstrosa) which follows the schools of herring. See Chim[ae]ra. (b) The opah.

Meaning of Herrings from wikipedia

- species are called herrings, which may be related to clupeids or just share some characteristics of herrings (such as the lake herring, which is a salmonid)...
- Snipe hunt (a fool's errand or wild goose chase) The Five Red Herrings Twelve Red Herrings A coppice, US English copse, is a small group of trees growing...
- Look up herring in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The herring is a type of fish. The term may also refer to herring as food. Herring or Herrings may also...
- especially mild salt herring, which is made from young immature herrings. The herrings are ripened for a couple of days in oak barrels in a salty solution...
- recognized; the main taxon, the Atlantic herring, accounts for over half the world's commercial capture of herrings. Herrings pla**** a pivotal role in the history...
- The Battle of the Herrings, also called the Battle of Rouvray, was a military action near the town of Rouvray in France, just north of Orléans, which took...
- Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a herring in the family Clupeidae. It is one of the most abundant fish species in the world. Atlantic herrings can be...
- "Strictly anaerobic halophiles isolated from canned Swedish fermented herrings (Surströmming)" (PDF). International Journal of Food Microbiology. 54 (1–2)...
- The Five Red Herrings (also The 5 Red Herrings) is a 1931 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her sixth featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. In the United States it was...
- Wolf herrings are a family (Chirocentridae) of two marine species of ray-finned fish related to herrings. Both species have elongated bodies and jaws...