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Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family The American species Alosa sapidissima formerly Clupea sapidissima which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn is an important market fish The European allice shad or alose Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa and the twaite shad Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta are less important species...
Mattowacca
An American clupeoid fish Clupea mediocris similar to the shad in habits and appearance but smaller and less esteemed for food called also hickory shad tailor shad fall herring and shad herring...
Service
A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus as Pyrus domestica and P torminalis of Europe the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree and the American shad bush see Shad bush under Shad They have clusters of small edible applelike berries...
Bellied
Having such a belly puffed out used in composition as pot bellied shad bellied...
Chad
See Shad...
clupeid
any of numerous soft finned schooling food fishes of the family Clupeidae inhabiting the shallow waters of northern seas The group includes the herrings menhaden sardines and shad...
Clupeidae
a natural family of teleostean marine fishes which includes the herrings shad sardines menhaden and others...
VerbarMalacopterygii
An order of fishes in which the fin rays except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins are closely jointed and not spiny It includes the carp pike salmon shad etc Called also Malacopteri...
Shadbird
The American or Wilsons snipe See under Snipe So called because it appears at the same time as the shad...
Shad spirit
See Shadbird a...
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