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Atlantic herring

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Clupea harengus, an abundant species of herring and an important food fish living in the North Atlantic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Clupea harengus harengus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herring, Clupea harangus

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: sild — Clupea harengus
  • Danish: atlantisk sild — Clupea harengus
  • Dutch: haring — Clupea harengus
  • Estonian: harilik heeringas — Clupea harengus
  • Finnish: silli — Clupea harengus
  • Finnish: atlantinsilli — Clupea harengus
  • Finnish: islanninsilli — Clupea harengus
  • French: hareng de l'Atlantique — Clupea harengus
  • German: Atlantischer Hering — Clupea harengus
  • Hungarian: hering — Clupea harengus
  • Icelandic: Atlantshafs síld — Clupea harengus
  • Icelandic: síld — Clupea harengus
  • Italian: aringa — Clupea harengus
  • Korean: 대서양청어 (daeseoyangcheong'eo) — Clupea harengus
  • Latvian: siļķe — Clupea harengus
  • Norman: héthan — Clupea harengus
  • Polish: śledź pospolity — Clupea harengus
  • Portuguese: arenque — Clupea harengus
  • Russian: атланти́ческая сельдь (atlantíčeskaja selʹdʹ) — Clupea harengus
  • Northern Sami: sildi — Clupea harengus
  • Northern Sami: sallit — Clupea harengus
  • Spanish: arenque — Clupea harengus
  • Spanish: arenque del Atlántico — Clupea harengus
  • Swedish: sill — Clupea harengus
  • Turkish: Atlantik ringası — Clupea harengus