Dictionary Entry
herring
herring is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
- 3noun
valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
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