Meanings
nounAtlantic herring (plural Atlantic herrings or Atlantic herring)
plural Atlantic herrings
- Clupea harengus, an abundant species of herring and an important food fish living in the North Atlantic.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounimportant food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic
Similar
Clupea harengus harengus
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Danish sild, atlantisk sild
- sildClupea harengus
- atlantisk sildClupea harengus
Dutch haring
- haringClupea harengus
Estonian harilik heeringas
- harilik heeringasClupea harengus
Finnish silli, atlantinsilli
- silliClupea harengus
- atlantinsilliClupea harengus
- islanninsilliClupea harengus
French hareng de l'Atlantique
- hareng de l'AtlantiqueClupea harengus
German Atlantischer Hering
- Atlantischer HeringClupea harengus
Hungarian hering
- heringClupea harengus
Icelandic Atlantshafs síld, síld
- Atlantshafs síldClupea harengus
- síldClupea harengus
Italian aringa
- aringaClupea harengus
Korean 대서양청어
- 대서양청어 (daeseoyangcheong'eo)Clupea harengus
Latvian siļķe
- siļķeClupea harengus
Polish śledź pospolity
- śledź pospolityClupea harengus
Portuguese arenque
- arenqueClupea harengus
Russian атланти́ческая сельдь
- атланти́ческая сельдь (atlantíčeskaja selʹdʹ)Clupea harengus
Spanish arenque, arenque del Atlántico
- arenqueClupea harengus
- arenque del AtlánticoClupea harengus
Swedish sill
- sillClupea harengus
Turkish Atlantik ringası
- Atlantik ringasıClupea harengus
Cite this entry
APA
Atlantic herring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20herring
MLA
“Atlantic herring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20herring. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atlantic herring,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20herring.
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