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Noun: lake herring  leyk he-ring
  1. Important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
    "Local fishermen depend on lake herring catches during winter";
    - cisco, Coregonus artedi
     
  2. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
    "We tried the local delicacy of smoked lake herring";
    - cisco

Derived forms: lake herring

Type of: whitefish

Part of: Coregonus, genus Coregonus

Encyclopedia: Lake herring