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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: King of the herrings (0.01109 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to King of the herrings.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: king of the herring king of the herring n : thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin [syn: oarfish, ribbonfish, Regalecus glesne ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: King of the herrings Herring \Her"ring\ (h[e^]r"r[i^]ng), n. [OE. hering, AS. h[ae]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h["a]ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. Harry.] (Zo["o]l.) One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (Clupea harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities. [1913 Webster] Herring gull (Zo["o]l.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, and Larus cachinnans in England. See Gull. Herring hog (Zo["o]l.), the common porpoise. King of the herrings. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The chim[ae]ra (Chimaera monstrosa) which follows the schools of herring. Called also rabbit fish in the U. K. See Chim[ae]ra. (b) The opah. [1913 Webster]

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