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KING OF THE HERRING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does king of the herring mean?
• KING OF THE HERRING (noun)
The noun KING OF THE HERRING has 1 sense:
1. thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
Familiarity information: KING OF THE HERRING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
king of the herring; oarfish; Regalecus glesne; ribbonfish
Hypernyms ("king of the herring" is a kind of...):
malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)
Holonyms ("king of the herring" is a member of...):
genus Regalecus; Reglaecus (type genus of the Regalecidae)
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