Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lake_herring

2 senses of lake herring

Sense 1
lake herring, cisco -- (cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward)
       => whitefish -- (flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere)

Sense 2
cisco, lake herring, Coregonus artedi -- (important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America)
       => whitefish -- (silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere)