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spring herring†

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a bony species of herring, Alosa pseudoharengus, of the eastern seaboard and Great Lakes.

See: alewife

Quotations

1861

We are inclined to believe that what are called Fall herring, is as much a different species of herring from the Spring herring, as Winter wheat differs from Summer wheat.

1924

In addition to the cod, the people fish for the bait fishes--the spring herring, the caplin (a small fish about the size of a smelt)--the squid and whelk--without which the cod-fishing could not be carried on.