kippered herring

  • 1kippered herring — noun salted and smoked herring • Syn: ↑kipper • Hypernyms: ↑herring …

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  • 2kippered herring — n. herring which is salted and smoked, kipper …

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  • 3kippered herring — kipper (1) …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 4herring — herringlike, adj. /her ing/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) herring, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) herrings. 1. an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic. 2. a similar fish,… …

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  • 5kippered — adj. salted dried and smoked (of fish) kip·per || kɪpÉ™(r) n. fish that has been salted dried and smoked (British); salted and smoked herring v. cure fish, preserve fish by salting drying and smoking …

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  • 6kippered — adjective cure (a herring) in such a way. → kipper …

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  • 7red herring — Synonyms and related words: anguille, art, artful dodge, artifice, blind, caviar, chicanery, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, craft, cute trick, deceit, design, device, dodge, eel, expedient, fakement, feint, fetch, fish, fish eggs, gambit, game,… …

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  • 8Fleckhering — herring split down the back like kippered herring, and hot smoked (Germany) …

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  • 9kipper — kip|per [ˈkıpə US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old English; Origin: cypera male salmon ] a ↑herring (=type of fish) that has been preserved using smoke and salt >kippered adj ▪ kippered herring …

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  • 10kipper — I. noun Etymology: Middle English kypre, from Old English cypera; akin to Old English coper copper Date: before 12th century 1. a male salmon or sea trout during or after the spawning season 2. a kippered herring or salmon II. transitive verb… …

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