Alosa

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Alosa - shad genus Alosafish genus - any of various genus of fishClupeidae, family Clupeidae - herrings; shad; sardines; etc.shad - herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawnAlosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, alewife - shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus