NOUN | animal | Alosa pseudoharengus, alewife, Pomolobus pseudoharengus | shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn |
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Meaning | Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus. | |
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Synonyms | alewife, Pomolobus pseudoharengus | |
Member of | Alosa, genus Alosa | shad |
Parts | alewife | flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams |
Broader | clupeid fish, clupeid | Any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas |
Spanish | alosa pseudoharengus | |
Catalan | alosa pseudoharengus, pseudoharengus |
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