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LAKE HERRING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
Synonyms:
cisco; Coregonus artedi; lake herring
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lake herring" is a kind of...):
whitefish (silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere)
Meronyms (parts of "lake herring"):
cisco; lake herring (cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward)
Holonyms ("lake herring" is a member of...):
Coregonus; genus Coregonus (type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
Synonyms:
cisco; lake herring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("lake herring" is a kind of...):
whitefish (flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere)
Holonyms ("lake herring" is a part of...):
cisco; Coregonus artedi; lake herring (important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America)