| NOUN | food | shad | bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning |
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| animal | shad | herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn |
| Sounds | shae'd | |
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| Rhymes | ad / AD ... Volgograd: 52 rhymes with aed... | |
| Meaning | bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast. | |
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| Part of | common American shad, Alosa sapidissima | shad of Atlantic coast of North America |
| Broader | fish | The flesh of fish used as food |
| Spanish | sábalo, saboga | |
| Catalan | alosa, saboga | |
| Meaning | Herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn. | |
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| Member of | Alosa, genus Alosa | shad |
| Narrower | allice shad, allis shad, allice, allis, Alosa alosa | European shad |
| common American shad, Alosa sapidissima | shad of Atlantic coast of North America | |
| river shad, Alosa chrysocloris | shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage | |
| Broader | clupeid fish, clupeid | Any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas |
| food fish | Any fish used for food by human beings | |
| Spanish | alosa, sábalo | |
| Catalan | alosa, saboga | |
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