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Definition of Herring hog
1. Noun. The common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herring Hog
Literary usage of Herring hog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1856)
"... and " a very large fish called the herring-hog, seen in pursuit of others,
especially of the herring, with a larger dorsal fin," and hence imagined by ..."
2. The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt: Only Survivor of the Ship by John Rodgers Jewitt, Richard Alsop (1824)
"... would be no easy matter to distinguish the one from the other; from this
circumstance, the sailors have given the name of the herring hog to this fish. ..."
3. The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt: Only Survivor of the Ship by John Rodgers Jewitt, Richard Alsop (1824)
"... would be no easy matter to distinguish the one from the other; from this
circumstance, the sailors have given the name of the herring hog to this fish. ..."
4. The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donel by Charles Patrick Meehan (1868)
"Some bear a salmon, with an open hand (remember, in the Welsh, " sewin" signifies
a salmon) ; other branches used the porpoise or herring hog ; and in the ..."
5. The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donel by Charles Patrick Meehan (1880)
"Some bear a salmon, with an open hand (remember, in the Welsh, " sewin" signifies
a salmon); other branches used the porpoise or herring hog; and in the old ..."
6. The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706) by William Montgomery, George Hill (1869)
"Minor branches used the porpoise or herring-hog on their crest ; and. in the old
graveyard of Doe Castle there is a tomb with a figure apparently intended ..."
7. The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donel by Charles Patrick Meehan (1870)
"Some bear a salmon, with an open hand (remember, in the Welsh, " sewin" signifies
a salmon) ; other branches used the porpoise or herring hog; and in the ..."
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