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Vocabulary Entry
herring
|noun • noun
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N
noun
A type of small to medium oily fish found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific.
Example Sentences
"We ate smoked herring for breakfast."
"Herring swim in large schools."
"The fisherman caught a herring."
N
noun
A person or thing used to mislead or distract from the real issue; a red herring.
Example Sentences
"That clue was just a herring."
"The argument was a red herring."
"She used a herring to distract the audience."