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lake herring

noun

Definition of LAKE HERRING

:  a cisco (Coregonus artedii) found from the Mississippi River basin, Great Lakes, and St. Lawrence River northward and important as a commercial food fish
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First Known Use of LAKE HERRING

1842

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