herring English

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herring Noun

— Herring is a small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.

herring

— noun commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific

— noun valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled

Synonyms herring synonyms

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herring English » English

pilchard

Clupea harangus

orange anchovy

hickory shad

hickory jack

hardback herring

grilled herring

freshwater taylor

fall herring

brit

bonejack

alec

Madeiran sardinelle

Madeiran sardinella

Guiana harring

Atlantic herring

Topics herring topics

What do people use herring to talk about?

Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Fish

• What species of saltwater fish are there?
  anchovy barracuda bass blackfish bonefish bream carp cod codfish crappie darter flatfish flounder gar garfish garpike goldfish grouper guppy halibut herring lungfish mackerel marlin pickerel pike piranha pollack pompano sailfish salmon sardine sea horse shad sole spearfish sturgeon sucker sunfish swordfish tarpon tuna turbot whitefish whiting wrasse

Grammar

Connected with, related

• What words indicate that something someone says has no connection with the topic being discussed?
  irrelevant be beside the point have nothing to do with be nothing to do with be neither here nor there doesn't come into it be a red herring

Examples herring examples

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Simple sentences

He ate a herring salad.

It's a red herring.

Herring salad does not taste good to me.

The police followed a red herring while they let the true criminal escape.

Herring tastes good with potatoes.

I really feel it's a red herring.

Movie subtitles

I moved the pistol from the study to the library at one point when I had suspicions Lucas may have been the perpetrator, but it was merely a red herring.

In front of him lay a gleaming white herring.

After Sofren had eaten the fat herring and emptied the bottle of schnapps, he felt very strange.

I also wonder a good deal about that herring you gave me --- was it real?

Have caviar, if you like, but it tastes like herring to me.

Can you eat herring?

The herring fisheries!

You look like a spring herring now. but you're going to fatten up before the fall.

The cod will be covering this bank like herring.

He now speaks to Field Marshall Herring, Minister of War.

Marshall Herring is waiting.

Herring here, in the tower room.

Herring, why do you waste my time like this?

B76 to see Herr Herring.

All right. Can you eat herring?

Dead as a herring.

Cream fish, salmon, smoked herring, shrimps, anchovies.

He now speaks to Field Marshal Herring, Minister of War.

Marshal Herring is waiting.

Herring here in the tower room.

This was made possible by the genius of Field Marshal Herring, upon whom I shall now pin a token of my regard.

Gentlemen. To Field Marshal Herring! To the invasion of Osterlich!

Every day pickled herring. that's bitter.

Like the pickled herring. All gone since yesterday morning.

I'll bet you a red herring against a case of pre-war Scotch it was some man that got you pushed in here.

PHOEBE, IF A HERRING AND A HALF COSTS 3 HALFPENCE, HOW MANY FOR 11 PENCE?

Gentlemen. To Field Marshal Herring!

Herring and I will be waiting at the capital.

I have been in communication with Marshal Herring in Osterlich.

Well, he said they named a brandy after Napoleon. and they made a herring out of Bismarck.

News and current affairs

Perhaps, but this is probably a red herring.

But, at the risk of mixing metaphors, this is a red herring.

The more of this aquaculture there is, the less cheap fish, such as sardines, herring, mackerel, and anchovies, there will be for humans to buy and eat.

The German fascination with gold is a red herring.

Iceland's superior economic performance should thus not be attributed to the devaluation of the krona, but rather to global warming, which pushed the herring farther North, into Icelandic waters.