HyperDic: clupea_harangus

English > 1 sense of the expression Clupea harangus:
NOUNanimalClupea harangus, herringcommercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
English > Clupea harangus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcommercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific.
Synonymherring
Member ofClupea, genus Clupeatype genus of the Clupeidae
PartsherringValuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific
NarrowerAtlantic herring, Clupea harengus harengusImportant food fish
Pacific herring, Clupea harengus pallasiiImportant food fish of the northern Pacific
Broaderclupeid fish, clupeidAny of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
food fishAny fish used for food by human beings
Spanisharenque

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