Meanings
nounPacific herring (plural Pacific herring)
- A species of the herring family native to north Pacific Ocean from Yellow Sea to Baja California; Clupea pallasii.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounimportant food fish of the northern Pacific
Similar
Clupea harengus pallasii
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish tyynenmerensilli
- tyynenmerensilliClupea pallasii
Japanese ニシン, 鰊
- ニシン (nishin)Clupea pallasii
- 鰊 (nishin)Clupea pallasii
Korean 청어
- 청어 (cheong'eo)Clupea pallasii
Russian тихоокеа́нская сельдь
- тихоокеа́нская сельдь (tixookeánskaja selʹdʹ)Clupea pallasii
Cite this entry
APA
Pacific herring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pacific%20herring
MLA
“Pacific herring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pacific%20herring. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pacific herring,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pacific%20herring.
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