different between whitefish vs herring

English

Etymology

white +? fish

Noun

whitefish (plural whitefishes or whitefish)

1. Any of many fish.
   1. Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
   2. Any of several other fish, such as whiting or menhaden.
   3. (fisheries) Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.
2. The beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale)

Derived terms

• common whitefish
• Coney Island whitefish

Translations

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English hering, from Old English h?ring, from Proto-West Germanic *h?ring (“herring”), further etymology unknown. Possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *h?r? (“hair”) +? -ing, due to the similarity of their fine bones to hair. Cognate with Scots hering, haring (“herring”), Saterland Frisian Hiering, Häiring (“herring”), West Frisian hjerring (“herring”), Dutch haring (“herring”), German Low German Hereng, Hering (“herring”), German Hering (“herring”). French hareng, Norman ?éren, Latin haringus, etc. are borrowings from Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h????/
• Rhymes: -????

Noun

herring (plural herrings or herring)

1. A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
2. Fish in the family Clupeidae.
3. Fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.

Derived terms

• Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)
• Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras)
• English herring (Clupea harengus)
• herringbone
• longfin herring (Pristigasteridae)
• matjes herring
• Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
• red herring
• round herring (Dussumieriidae)
• thread herring (Opisthonema)
• wolf herring (Chirocentridae)

Translations

See also

• buckling
• kipper
• stockfish