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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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Balker :: Balker (n.) A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer..

Pollan :: Pollan (n.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring..

Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs..

Merluce :: Merluce (n.) The European hake; -- called also herring hake and sea pike.

Sperling :: Sperling (n.) A young herring.

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring..

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

Cob :: Cob (n.) A young herring.

Scaled :: Scaled (a.) Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring..

Mattowacca :: Mattowacca (n.) An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad, tailor shad, fall herring, and shad herring..

Anchovy :: Anchovy (n.) A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species..

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

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

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

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

Harengiform :: Harengiform (a.) Herring-shaped.

Pickle-herring :: Pickle-herring (n.) A herring preserved in brine; a pickled 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..

Shad :: Shad (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species..

Pilchard :: Pilchard (n.) A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England..