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herring
 
Noun herring has 2 senses
  1. herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
    --1 is a kind of     saltwater fish
    --1 is a part of herring, Clupea harangus
    --1 has particulars:
     kipper, kippered herring; bloater; pickled herring; red herring, smoked herring; sprat, brisling; whitebait
  2. herring, Clupea harangus - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
    --2 is a kind of clupeid fish, clupeid; food fish
    --2 is a member of Clupea, genus Clupea
    --2 has parts: herring
    --2 has particulars:
     Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus harengus; Pacific herring, Clupea harengus pallasii
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