king of the herring

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   thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin

   SynonymsoarfishribbonfishRegalecus glesne

   Broadersoft-finned fish

   Part ofReglaecus

Questions about king of the herring

What does king of the herring mean?

king of the herring means "thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin".

What is another word for king of the herring?

Close synonyms include oarfish, ribbonfish, Regalecus glesne. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is king of the herring a common word?

king of the herring is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.