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PACIFIC HERRING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pacific herring mean?
• PACIFIC HERRING (noun)
The noun PACIFIC HERRING has 1 sense:
1. important food fish of the northern Pacific
Familiarity information: PACIFIC HERRING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Important food fish of the northern Pacific
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Clupea harengus pallasii; Pacific herring
Hypernyms ("Pacific herring" is a kind of...):
Clupea harangus; herring (commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific)
Holonyms ("Pacific herring" is a member of...):
Clupea; genus Clupea (type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings)
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