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Meanings of herring in English

Russian
cалака
Portuguese
arenque
Spanish
arenque
Wikidata

Forage fish, mostly belonging to the family Clupeidae.

        cалака
        Portuguese
        arenque

        Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific.

              arenque
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              Usage of herring in English
              1
              A sign of voting practices to come, or merely a red herring?
              BBC
              2
              The platform is a red herring: more serious is the budget cut.
              The Guardian
              3
              They ate their herring in silence; the food stopped their mouths completely.
              Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01
              4
              The moment the herring is taken out of the water it dies.
              The Book of Household Management
              5
              The nerdosphere consensus was that it was a red herring.' Nelson hesitated.
              The Long War
              6
              The herring fisheries of the North Sea then became of great importance.
              The Story of Mankind
              7
              But I think that was always a bit of a red herring.
              The new yorker
              8
              Shoals of herring and great codfish swam between the tall arched windows.
              A Dance with Dragons
              9
              Woodrow Wilson's diagnosis of the red herring in politics is obviously correct.
              A Preface to Politics
              10
              Gender was a red herring, but it was also a powerful lens.
              Feminist dot com
              11
              The breaking of traffic lights by some cyclists is a red herring.
              The Irish Times
              12
              Formerly this was a good ground for the taking of large herring.
              Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
              13
              The herring is passed with what Dora regards as a lady-like gesture
              The Rise of David Levinsky
              14
              His first sign of recovery was his craving for a red herring.
              The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825
              15
              Next came jellied loaf of sorrel cream followed by fresh Baltic herring.
              The new yorker
              16
              Schaunard and Colline enter with rolls and a herring for their meal.
              Libretto: La Bohème
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              Portuguese
              arenque
              Herring through the time
              Herring across language varieties
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