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Type Of Herring Crossword Clue

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noun

• small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines

• small herring processed like a sardine

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noun

• red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

• a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

• emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

• the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

adjective satellite

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• characterized by violence or bloodshed

• (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

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noun

• bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast

• herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn

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New York Times07 Jun 1992 Across 5
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