Matjes Herring Definition
mätyĭs
noun
A reddish herring, filleted and served or packed usually in a spiced wine sauce.
Webster's New World
Fillets of young herring that have not yet spawned, lightly cured with salt, vinegar, sugar, and spices.
American Heritage
Origin of Matjes Herring
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From Dutch maatjesharing (“matjes herring"), from maatjes (“young, small") + haring (“herring"), from earlier forms maetgens-, maeghdekins-, medykens- ("maiden-like"), from maagd (“maiden") + -kin (“-kin"), so called because matjes herring is made of young herring that has never spawned.
From Wiktionary
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Partial translation of Dutch maatjesharing maatjes (alteration of maeghdekins) (genitive of maeghdekin maiden diminutive of maagd maid maghu- in Indo-European roots) haring herring
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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