What does Hering mean?

British Dictionary definitions for Hering

Hering. / (ˈheriŋ) / noun. Ewald (ˈɛvalt). 1834–1918, German physiologist and experimental psychologist who studied vision and propounded the doctrine of nativism, the policy of favouring the natives of a country over the immigrants.

Is herring a noun?

noun, plural (especially collectively) her·ring, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) her·rings. an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic. any fish of the family Clupeidae, including herrings, shads, and sardines. ...