Found 2 items, similar to lake herring.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lake herring lake herring n 1: cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward [syn: cisco] 2: important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America [syn: cisco, Coregonus artedi]
English → English (gcide) Definition: lake herring Powan \Pow"an\, Powen \Pow"en\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or Coregonus ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring . [1913 Webster]