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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun herring has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

herringn. [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.].
     One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (Clupea 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.  [1913 Webster]
Herring gull (Zoöl.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, and Larus cachinnans in England. See Gull. -- Herring hog (Zoöl.), the common porpoise. -- King of the herrings. (Zoöl.) (a) The chimæra (Chimaera monstrosa) which follows the schools of herring. Called also rabbit fish in the U. K. See Chimæra. (b) The opah.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

herring, n. a N. Atlantic fish, Clupea harengus, coming near the coast in large shoals to spawn.

Idiom
herring-gull a large gull, Larus argentatus, with dark wing-tips.
Etymology
OE h{aelig}ring, hering f. WG
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