| lake herring n. A food fish, especially the trout Coregonus artedii of the Great Lakes region, related to the cisco and whitefishes. |
lake herring
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for cisco
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for powan
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| Noun | 1. |  lake herring - cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northwardwhitefish - flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere |
| 2. | lake herring - important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America whitefish - silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere Coregonus, genus Coregonus - type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes cisco, lake herring - cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward |
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