HERRING
Dictionary entry overview: What does herring mean?
• HERRING (noun)
The noun HERRING has 2 senses:
1. valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
2. commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
Familiarity information: HERRING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HERRING (noun)
Meaning:
Valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("herring" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "herring"):
brisling; sprat (small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines)
red herring; smoked herring (a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color)
pickled herring (herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar))
bloater (large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked)
kipper; kippered herring (salted and smoked herring)
whitebait (minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole)
Holonyms ("herring" is a part of...):
Clupea harangus; herring (commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific)
Meaning:
Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Clupea harangus; herring
Hypernyms ("herring" is a kind of...):
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)
Meronyms (parts of "herring"):
herring (valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "herring"):
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)
Holonyms ("herring" is a member of...):
Clupea; genus Clupea (type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings)
