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Definition of herring

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Herring (n.) 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..

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Syllabaria :: Syle (n.) A young herring (Clupea harengus).

Gip :: Gip (v. t.) To take out the entrails of (herrings).

Whitebait :: Whitebait (n.) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England..

Matie :: Matie (n.) A fat herring with undeveloped roe.

Blueback :: Blueback (n.) An American river herring (Clupea aestivalis), closely allied to the alewife..

Mydaleine :: Mydaleine (n.) A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation..

Buss :: Buss (n.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.

Blote :: Blote (v. t.) To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat..

Shotten :: Shotten (n.) Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring..

Trimethylamine :: Trimethylamine (n.) A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups..

Garvie :: Garvie (n.) The sprat; -- called also garvie herring, and garvock..

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Clupeoid :: Clupeoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Herring family.

Isospondyli :: Isospondyli (n. pl.) An extensive order of fishes, including the salmons, herrings, and many allied forms..

Cast :: Cast (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp..

Jewfish :: Jewfish (n.) A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.

Britt :: Britt (n.) The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat..

Mease :: Mease (n.) Five hundred; as, a mease of herrings..

Herringbone :: Herringbone (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions..

Diethylamine :: Diethylamine (n.) A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine..