Definition of Hering
Her"ring (?), n. [OE. hering,
AS. hæring; akin to D. haring, G.
häring, hering, OHG. haring, hering,
and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they
commonly move in large numbers. Cf. Harry.]
(Zoöl.) One of various species of fishes of the
genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or
English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings
move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and
America, where they are salted and smoked in great
quantities.
Herring gull (Zoöl.), a large
gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., Larus argentatus
in America, and L. cachinnans in England. See
Gull. -- Herring hog
(Zoöl.), the common porpoise. -- King of
the herrings. (Zoöl.) (a)
The chimæra (C. monstrosa) which follows the schools
of herring. See Chimæra. (b)
The opah.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
HERRING. The devil a barrel the better herring; all equally
bad.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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