herring
English Thesaurus
1. commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | food fish, |
| definition | : | any fish used for food by human beings (noun.animal) |
| hypernym | : | clupeid, clupeid fish, |
| definition | : | any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | herring, |
| definition | : | valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled (noun.food) |
| member meronym | : | clupea, genus clupea, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings (noun.animal) |
2. valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | saltwater fish, |
| definition | : | flesh of fish from the sea used as food (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | bloater, |
| definition | : | large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | pickled herring, |
| definition | : | herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar) (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | brisling, sprat, |
| definition | : | small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | whitebait, |
| definition | : | minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole (noun.food) |
| part meronym | : | clupea harangus, herring, |
| definition | : | commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific (noun.animal) |
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