Meaning & use
herring
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A small, silvery, oily fish found in large schools in the North Atlantic, commonly eaten smoked, pickled, or fresh.
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The fishing boats returned with nets full of herring.
Pickled herring is a traditional dish in many Scandinavian countries.
A note on using this word
Often encountered in the idiom "red herring," meaning a misleading clue or distraction, which comes from using smoked herring to throw hunting dogs off a scent.
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