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PACIFIC HERRING
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Important food fish of the northern Pacific
Synonyms:
Clupea harengus pallasii; Pacific herring
Classified under:
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)