"Pacific herring" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Pacific herring [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|Pacific herring}} Pacific herring (plural Pacific herring)
  1. A species of the herring family native to north Pacific Ocean from Yellow Sea to Baja California; Clupea pallasii. Wikipedia link: Pacific herring Categories (lifeform): Herrings Translations (Clupea pallasii): tyynenmerensilli (Finnish), ニシン (nishin) (Japanese), (nishin) (alt: にしん) (Japanese), 청어 (cheong'eo) (alt: 靑魚) (Korean)

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