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Noun: Clupea harengus
  1. Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
    "Pickled Clupea harengus is a traditional Scandinavian dish";
    - herring

Type of: clupeid, clupeid fish, food fish

Part of: Clupea, genus Clupea

Encyclopedia: Clupea harengus