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spring herring † Maritimes 
a bony species of herring, Alosa pseudoharengus, of the eastern seaboard and Great Lakes.
See also: alewife
- 1861 We are inclined to believe that what are called Fall herring, is as much a different species of herring from the Spring herring, as Winter wheat differs from Summer wheat.
- 1924 In addition to the cod, the people fish for the bait fishes--the spring herring, the caplin (a small fish about the size of a smelt)--the squid and whelk--without which the cod-fishing could not be carried on.
- 1861 We are inclined to believe that what are called Fall herring, is as much a different species of herring from the Spring herring, as Winter wheat differs from Summer wheat.