shad

/ʃæd/

/ʃæd/

Other forms: shads

Definitions of shad

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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