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shad

DEFINITIONS OF: shad

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n bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast

Type of:
fish
the flesh of fish used as food

n herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn

Types:
Alosa sapidissima, common American shad
shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
Alosa chrysocloris, river shad
shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima
Alosa alosa, allice, allice shad, allis, allis shad
European shad
Type of:
food fish
any fish used for food by human beings
clupeid, clupeid fish
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
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