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

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

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..

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

Powen :: Powen (n.) A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or C. ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring..

Menhaden :: Menhaden (n.) An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc..

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..

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

Wall-eye :: Wall-eye (n.) The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.

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

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

Warp :: Warp (v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17..

Herring :: 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..

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

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

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

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

Sile :: Sile (n.) A young or small herring.

Physostomi :: Physostomi (n. pl.) An order of fishes in which the air bladder is provided with a duct, and the ventral fins, when present, are abdominal. It includes the salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and others..

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