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alewife

DEFINITIONS OF: alewife

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

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

n flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

Type of:
fish
the flesh of fish used as food
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