herring : Idioms & Phrases
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atlantic herring
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noun important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic
Clupea harengus harengus.
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Branch herring
- . See
Alewife .
Webster 1913
Fall herring
(Zoöl.) , a herring of the Atlantic (Clupea mediocris ); also calledtailor herring , andhickory shad .
Webster 1913
Herring gull
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noun large gull of the northern hemisphere
Larus argentatus.
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(Zoöl.) , a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp.,Larus argentatus in America, andL. cachinnans in England. SeeGull .
Webster 1913
Herring hog
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noun the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific
harbor porpoise; Phocoena phocoena.
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(Zoöl.) , the common porpoise.
Webster 1913
herring salad
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noun based on pickled herring
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king of the herring
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noun thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
Regalecus glesne; oarfish; ribbonfish; king of the herring.
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King of the herrings
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noun thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
Regalecus glesne; oarfish; ribbonfish; king of the herring.
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(Zoöl.) (a) The chimæra (C. monstrosa ) which follows the schools of herring. SeeChimæra .(b) The opah.
Webster 1913
kippered herring
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noun salted and smoked herring
kipper.
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Lake herring
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noun cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
cisco.
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noun important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
cisco; Coregonus artedi.
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(Zoöl.) , the cisco (Coregonus Artedii ).
Webster 1913
pacific herring
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noun important food fish of the northern Pacific
Clupea harengus pallasii.
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pickle-herring
Pic"kle-her"ring noun
Definitions
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A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. Obs. Shak. -
A merry-andrew; a buffoon. Obs. Addison.
Webster 1913
pickled herring
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noun herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)
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Red herring
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noun any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
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noun a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
red herring.
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noun a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus
preliminary prospectus.
- because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring
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- the common herring dried and smoked.
Fig. something that merely distracts attention from the basic issue; esp. something irrelevant to the issue at hand, or something which is not true or does not exist.
Webster 1913
River herring
(Zoöl.) , an alewife.
Webster 1913
smoked herring
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noun a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
red herring.
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Thread herring
(Zoöl.) , the gizzard shad. See underGizzard .
Webster 1913
White herring
- a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. R. Shak.