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herring 音標拼音: [h'ɛrɪŋ] n. 青魚,鯡 青魚,鯡 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 [ synonym: { herring}, { Clupea harangus}] Herring \ Her" ring\ ( h[ e^] r" r[ i^] ng), n. [ OE. hering, AS. h[ ae] ring; akin to D. haring, G. h[ aum] ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. { Harry}.] ( Zool.) One of various species of fishes of the genus { Clupea}, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring ({ Clupea 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. [ 1913 Webster] { Herring gull} ( Zool.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., { Larus argentatus} in America, and { Larus cachinnans} in England. See { Gull}. { Herring hog} ( Zool.), the common porpoise. { King of the herrings}. ( Zool.) ( a) The chim[ ae] ra ({ Chimaera monstrosa}) which follows the schools of herring. Called also { rabbit fish} in the U. K. See { Chim[ ae] ra}. ( b) The opah. [ 1913 Webster]
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