HyperDic: alosa_pseudoharengus

English > 1 sense of the expression Alosa pseudoharengus:
NOUNanimalAlosa pseudoharengus, alewife, Pomolobus pseudoharengusshad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn
English > Alosa pseudoharengus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningShad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus.
Synonymsalewife, Pomolobus pseudoharengus
Member ofAlosa, genus Alosashad
Partsalewifeflesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
Broaderclupeid fish, clupeidAny of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
Spanishalosa pseudoharengus
Catalanalosa pseudoharengus, pseudoharengus

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