Hypernym

noun

any fish used for food by human beings

noun

any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

Member_meronym

noun

type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings

Part_meronym

noun

valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled

Clupea harangus 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Synonyms

herring 2
commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific

Hyponym

noun

important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic

noun

important food fish of the northern Pacific

Member_holonym

noun

type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings

Part_holonym

noun

valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled