Hypertext Webster Gateway: "herring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Herring \Her"ring\, n. [OE. hering, AS. h[ae]ring; akin to D.
haring, G. h["a]ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob.
to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in
large numbers. Cf. {Harry}.] (Zo["o]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["o]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["o]l.), the common porpoise.
{King of the herrings}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chim[ae]ra ({C. monstrosa}) which follows the schools
of herring. See {Chim[ae]ra}.
(b) The opah.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
herring
n 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 [syn: {Clupea harangus}]
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