harengiform

(ha-ren’ji-form), a. [ rengus, herring, + L. form a, shape.] Shaped like a herring: a term now more restricted in meaning than clupeiform. harengus (ha-reng’gus),. [Ml. and NL., AF. harepipe.] A snare for catching hares. Hall i well, The next tyme thou shal be take; Thave a hare pype in my purse, That shall be set, Watte, for thi sake. MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 110.