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her·ring
(hĕr′ĭng)n. pl. herring or her·rings
Any of various silvery fishes of the family Clupeidae, especially the commercially important Clupea harengus of the northern Atlantic Ocean and C. pallasii of the northern Pacific Ocean.
[Middle English hering, from Old English hǣring.]
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herring
(ˈhɛrɪŋ)n, pl -rings or -ring
(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]
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her•ring
(ˈhɛr ɪŋ)n., pl. (esp. collectively) -ring, (esp. for kinds or species) -rings.
1. an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous schools in the N Atlantic.
2. a similar fish, Clupea harengus pallasii, of the N Pacific.
3. any fish of the family Clupeidae, including herrings, shads, and sardines.
[before 900; Middle English hering, Old English hǣring, c. Old High German hāring]
her′ring•like`, adj.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 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 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
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Translations
سَمَكُ الرَّنـجَةُسَمَك الرَّنْكَه
sleď
sild
sillisilakka
haringasleđ
hering
síld
ニシン
청어
silkė
siļķe
sleď
sleđслеђ
sillströmming
ปลาเฮอริ่ง
ringaringa balığı
оселедець
cá trích
herring
[ˈherɪŋ]B. CPD herring gull N → gaviota f argéntea
the herring pond N (hum) → el charco
to cross the herring pond → cruzar el charco
the herring pond N (hum) → el charco
to cross the herring pond → cruzar el charco
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
herring
n → Hering m ? red herring
herring
:herringbone
n
(= pattern) → Fischgrät m
(Ski) → Grätenschritt m
herringbone stitch
n → Hexenstich m
herring gull
n → Silbermöwe f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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herring
(ˈheriŋ) – plurals ˈherring ~ˈherrings – noun a small, edible kind of sea fish.
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herring
→ سَمَكُ الرَّنـجَةُ 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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009