| 单词 | hickory shad |
| 释义 | > as lemmashickory shad hickory shad n. U.S. any of several herrings found in American waters; spec. the gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, and the fall herring, Alosa mediocris; cf. hickory jack n. (a). [The reason for the name is unclear.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > doromosa cepedianum (hickory shad) hickory shada1816 shad-herring1845 mud shad1876 gizzard shad1884 stink-shad1884 white-eyed shad1884 winter shad1884 thread-herring1888 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > pomolobus mediocris (tailor-shad) tailor1676 hickory shada1816 tailor-shad1888 tailor-herring- a1816 B. Hawkins Sketch Creek Country 1798 & 1799 in Coll. Georgia Hist. Soc. (1848) III. 53 The fish taken here are, the hickory shad, [etc.]. 1877 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 215 Pomolobus mediocris... Hickory Shad... Fall-Shad. 1947 B. W. Dalrymple Panfish 341 Then suddenly a big buck Shad of four or five pounds, or a small Alewife or Hickory Shad. 2002 Outdoor Life Feb. 93/3 Nab hard-fighting hickory shad in Deer Creek. < as lemmas |
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