herring : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: herring	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for herring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herring n valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific Synonym(s): herring, Clupea harangus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Herring \Her"ring\, n. [OE. hering, AS. h[91]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h[84]ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. {Harry}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of various species of fishes of the genus {Clupea}, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring ({C. harengus}) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities. {Herring gull} (Zo[94]l.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., {Larus argentatus} in America, and {L. cachinnans} in England. See {Gull}. {Herring hog} (Zo[94]l.), the common porpoise. {King of the herrings}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chim[91]ra ({C. monstrosa}) which follows the schools of herring. See {Chim[91]ra}. (b) The opah.