About The Word Alewife
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Alewife
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What's The Definition Of Alewife?
[n] shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
[n] flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams Synonyms | Synonyms for Alewife: Alosa pseudoharengus | Pomolobus pseudoharengus Related Terms | Find terms related to Alewife: See Also | alewife | alewife | Alosa | Alosa pseudoharengus | clupeid | clupeid fish | fish | genus Alosa | Pomolobus pseudoharengus Alewife In Webster's Dictionary \Ale"wife`\, n.; pl. {Alewives}.
A woman who keeps an alehouse. --Gay.
\Ale"wife`\, n.; pl. {Alewives}. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, ``Phil Trans.'' No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's ``Memoirs,'' vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zo["o]l.) A North American fish ({Clupea vernalis}) of the Herring family. It is called also {ellwife}, {ellwhop}, {branch herring}. The name is locally applied to other related species. |
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