Clupea harengus harengus

Definitions of Clupea harengus harengus
  1. noun
    important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic
    synonyms: Atlantic herring
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    type of:
    Clupea harangus, herring
    commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
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