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Alosa pseudoharengus

DEFINITIONS OF: Alosa pseudoharengus

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n shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus

Synonyms:
Pomolobus pseudoharengus, alewife
Type of:
clupeid, clupeid fish
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
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