herring


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Synonyms for herring

valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific

commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific

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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."
Did you know Donna Herring, the former Camden real estate agent who orchestrated the infamous fake will case, is now in bankruptcy?
With the summer North Sea herring season now well underway, Scottish boats are currently aworking their traditional fishing grounds in search of the 'Silver Darlings' - a fish that is steeped in our tradition and the catalyst responsible for the adevelopment of many of our fishing communities
COMEDIAN Richard Herring's drive to tackle domestic violence has raised almost PS90,000 for charity.
Their favourite meal, herring, abounds, but climate change means both predator and prey must increasingly migrate further north.
But Herring insists it's up to others to step up as Ulster bid to take their Euro momentum into tomorrow night's PRO14 clash with an in-form Benetton in Belfast.
And it appeared to me the vast majority of the bird table food was grabbed by herring gulls.
Abstract--This study assessed the aging techniques and growth rates of river herring, the alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis), in the tributaries of the Potomac River in northern Virginia.
Herring has joined calls for reforms to Virginia's cash bail system, saying too many low-risk criminal defendants are locked up awaiting trial because they cannot afford to post a bond.
Their preferred prey is Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus).
Stockholm, Sweden, April 21, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Since 1996, Red Herring has kept tabs on these up-and-comers.
Herring, who's known for his part in the stand-up duo Lee and Herring with Stewart Lee, has made it to the half century mark (against all odds) and he takes a look at how his life has changed in the past decade.
TOKYO, Oct 6, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Trillium Inc, a leading automotive cyber security solutions provider, has been recognized with Red Herring Top 100 Asia honors, acknowledging the potential of its CSAAS (Cyber Security as a Service) business model and advanced SecureIoT cyber security suite.