Synonyms:
herring, Clupea_harangus
Meaning: commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
Synonyms:
herring
Meaning: valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Usage examples
17.--Berlin Herring Salad.
Soak the herring over night; remove the milch and mash fine.
Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net and had wound the twine into a ball.
Cut off the head, skin and bone; chop the herring; add chopped apples, pickles, potatoes, olives and capers.
The lively little freshwater herring as yet suspect no danger; they are in constant motion, occupied in snapping up the fallen, half-drowned insects.
This red herring drawn across the path had been accepted by the conservative suff- ragists evidently in a moment of hopelessness, and their strength put behind it, but the politicians who persuade them to back it knew that it was merely an attempt to evade the issue.
Thomas Brown, Youatt, and Blaine, and to the practical information obtained from Mr. Herring of the New Road, and Mr. William George, an extensive dog-fancier at Kensall New Town, may be appropriately subjoined a lively chapter from the recent work of Mr. Francis Butler, a leading American authority on the subject.