Meaning & Definition of Herring in English
English⟶
Herring
/hɛrɪŋ/
noun
1. Valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern atlantic or pacific
- Usually salted or pickled
synonym:
- herring
2. Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both atlantic and pacific
synonym:
- herring,
- Clupea harangus
Examples of using
The police followed a red herring while they let the true criminal escape.