| n. | 1. | (Zool.) 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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| Noun | 1. | herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled |
| 2. | herring - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific Synonyms: Clupea harangus |