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02.06.05, 05:22
Main Entry: her·ring
Pronunciation: 'her-i[ng]
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural herring or herrings
Etymology: Middle English hering, from Old English h[AE]ring; akin to Old
High German hArinc herring
1 : either of two clupeid food fishes (genus Clupeus): a : one (C. harengus)
that is abundant in the temperate and colder parts of the No. Atlantic and
that in the adult state is preserved by smoking or salting and in the young
state is extensively canned and sold as sardines b : one (C. pallasi syn. C.
h. pallasi) of the No. Pacific harvested especially for its roe
