herring

her·ring  (hrng)

n. pl. herring or her·rings

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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[Middle English hering, from Old English hring.]

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herring [ˈhɛrɪŋ]

n pl -rings, -ring

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine soft-finned teleost fish of the family Clupeidae, esp Clupea harengus, an important food fish of northern seas, having an elongated body covered, except in the head region, with large fragile silvery scales

[Old English hǣring; related to Old High German hāring, Old Frisian hēring, Dutch haring]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled Clupea harangus, herring - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food kipper, kippered herring - salted and smoked herring bloater - large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked pickled herring - herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar) smoked herring, red herring - a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color brisling, sprat - small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines whitebait - minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole
	2.	herring - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific Clupea harangus food fish - any fish used for food by human beings clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas Clupea, genus Clupea - type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus harengus - important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic Clupea harengus pallasii, Pacific herring - important food fish of the northern Pacific herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled

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herring noun

Related words
collective nouns shoal, glean
young alevin, brit, sparling

Translations

herring [ˈherɪŋ]

A. N (herrings or herring (pl)) → arenque m
red herring (fig) → pista f falsa, despiste m

B. CPD herring gull N → gaviota f argéntea
the herring pond N (hum) → el charco
to cross the herring pond → cruzar el charco

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herring [ˈhɛrɪŋ] n → hareng m

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herring

n → Hering m ? red herring

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herring:

herringbone

n

(= pattern) → Fischgrät m

(Ski) → Grätenschritt m

adj attr herring pattern → Fischgrät(en)muster nt; herring suit → Anzug m → mit Fischgrätmuster

herringbone stitch

n → Hexenstich m

herring gull

n → Silbermöwe f

herring pond

n (hum inf) → großer Teich (hum)

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herring [ˈhɛrɪŋ] n → aringa

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herring [ˈhɛrɪŋ] n → aringa

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herring

n herring [ˈheriŋ]

a small, edible kind of sea fish. haring سَمَك الرَّنْكَه херинга sleď sild der Hering ρέγγα arenque heeringas شاه ماهی silli hareng מָלִיח हिलसा मछली sled, haringa hering ikan haring síld aringa にしん 청어 silkė siļķe ikan hering haring sild śledź arenque hering сельдь sleď sled haringa sill ปลาทะเลชนิดหนึ่ง อาสัยอยู่ในมหาสมุทรแอตแลนติกเหนือ มีชื่อในภาษาละตินว่า Clupea harengus ringa (balığı) 鯡魚 оселедець خار ماہی cá trích 青鱼,鲱鱼

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herring → سمك الرِنجَة sleď sild Hering ρέγγα arenque silli hareng haringa aringa ニシン 청어 haring sild śledź arenque сельдь sill ปลาเฮอริ่ง ringa balığı cá trích 鲱