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PICKLED HERRING
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("pickled herring" is a kind of...):
herring (valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pickled herring"):
rollmops (a pickled herring filet that has been rolled or wrapped around a pickle)