herrings in English

noun
1
a silvery fish that is most abundant in coastal waters and is of great commercial importance as a food fish in many parts of the world.
Like anchovies and herrings , they are small, primitive fish belonging to the group known as clupeoids.

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1. Herrings dοn't have wings.

2. Sprats, also called Bristlings, are European herrings

3. Antidotes suggests these are mostly red herrings

4. Gibbed or headed herrings are ripened in brine.

5. Warwick Tales from “the Toon” 18: Supping bravely indoors on “Brandered” herrings

6. I'm running a hospital, not a barrel of herrings!

7. We love things like plot twists and red herrings and surprise endings.

8. As they came ashore herrings fell off, one after another.

9. Baitfishes These fishes are often used as bait, although herrings, sardines, and anchovies are also important food fishes.

10. There were other possibles - mostly underworld figures - but I discounted them as red herrings.

11. Bristlings are sprats, the smallest of the herrings, five inches being the maximum length

12. I combine mace with bay, especially for seasoning pork or oily fish, such as herrings.

13. Sharks in general aren't flattened from side to side as free-swimming bony fish like herrings are.

14. The herrings and preservative had reacted together and produced a chemical which was poisonous to mink.

15. The mouth is larger than that of herrings and silversides, two fish which anchovies closely resemble in other respects.

16. A separate tradition of Lenten fish pie required Yarmouth cooks to send the king two dozen pies containing 100 herrings.

17. VANILLA Beaned follows the typical cozy mystery path - a few red herrings, laugh out loud comedy, and predictable climatic action where the killer is unveiled

18. Amiidae-Bowfins Amlacalva, bowfin Elopidae-tarpons Elopssaurus, ladyfish Anguillidae-freshwatereels Anguillarostrata, Americaneel Congridae-congereels Congeroceanicus, congereel Ophichthidae-snakeeels Myrophispunctatus, speckledwormeel Clupeidae-herrings Alosaaestivalis, bluebackherring Alosamediocris, hickoryshad Alosapseudoharengus, alewife

19. Any of various small or half-grown edible herrings or related fishes of the family Clupeidae, frequently canned in oil or water, especially the pilchard of European waters.

20. Salmonidae, flat fish, tunas, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, herrings, cod, sardines, sardinella, Brisling or sprats, haddock, coalfish, mackerel, dogfish and other sharks, eels, sea bass and hake)

21. Anchovy definition is - any of a family (Engraulidae) of small fishes resembling herrings that includes several (such as Engraulis encrasicholus) that are important food fishes used especially in appetizers, as a garnish, and for making sauces and relishes

22. The Indian murder mystery film Gupt: The Hidden Truth cast many veteran actors who had usually played villainous roles in previous Indian films as red herrings in this film to deceive the audience into suspecting them.

23. "What mad pursuit" is a quotation from Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn."Crick describes the red herrings, sloppy science, unsound, unproven ideas and fiascoes that confront the research scientist

24. The Cheerleaders is a] satisfying, whodunnit with a solution as complicated as its premise.”— Kirkus Reviews “Thomas builds her novel around an appealingly gruesome case…beset by herrings , and it keeps the pace moving at a solid clip….

25. For, Coz, since all thoughts are things, you have but to think a pair of herrings, and then conjure up a pottle of milk wherewith to wash them down." View in context "Careful, my sweet Coz !"

26. Edible oils and fats, edible oils, preserved olives, gelatine for food, clams (not live), ground almonds, anchovy, herrings, tuna fish, poultry, milk beverages, peanut butter, cocoa butter, meat, preserved meat, meat extracts, fruit peel, caviar, preserved mushrooms, charcuterie, coconut oil, coconut fat, coconut butter, coconuts, fruit compotes, crystallised fruits, jams, frozen fruits, tinned fruits, tinned vegetables, tinned fish, crustaceans, not live, koumiss, pickles, vegetable salads, fish fillets, stewed fruit, fruit preserved in alcohol, fruit jellies, fruit pulp, fruit chips, jellies for food, vegetable juices for cooking, yoghurt, fruit-based snack food