silli

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus.
  • any of the several related species of herring and shad, especially as food
  • (zoology) in plural also Clupeidae taxonomic family of the herrings, shads, sardine

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish sill (herring).

Origin

Swedish

sill

Gloss

herring

Kanji

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