Meaning of ALEWIFE
| Pronunciation: | | 'eyl`wIf
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus |
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| | See Also: | | alewife, alewife, Alosa, Alosa pseudoharengus, clupeid, clupeid fish, fish, genus Alosa, Pomolobus pseudoharengus | |
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\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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