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English noun: herring | |||
| 1. | herring (food) valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | saltwater fish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bloater, brisling, kipper, kippered herring, pickled herring, red herring, smoked herring, sprat, whitebait | ||
| Part meronym | Clupea harangus, herring | ||
| 2. | herring (animal) commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific | ||
| Synonyms | Clupea harangus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clupeid, clupeid fish, food fish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus harengus, Clupea harengus pallasii, Pacific herring | ||
| Part holonym | herring | ||
| Member meronym | Clupea, genus Clupea | ||
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