alewife
1. flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams • Hypernyms: fish • Part Holonyms: Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus 2. shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus • Syn: Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus • Hypernyms: clupeid fish, clupeid • Member Holonyms: Alosa, genus Alosa
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