<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural (especially collectively): herring, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) herrings.</li><li>an important food fish, <em>Clupea harengus harengus</em>, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic.</li><li>a similar fish, <em>Clupea harengus pallasii</em>, of the North Pacific.</li><li>any fish of the family Clupeidae, including herrings, shads, and sardines.</li><li>any of various fishes resembling the herring but of unrelated families.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>