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alewife
ale·wife 1 A0190800 (āl′wīf′)n. pl. ale·wives (-wīvz′) A fish (Alosa pseudoharengus) of North American Atlantic waters and some inland lakes, which swims up rivers to spawn.
[Originally North American English, probably from alteration (influenced by alewife, because the fish's relatively big belly distinguishes it from the herring) of obsolete English aloes, allowes, a type of shad (Alosa alosa), from French alose, shad, from Old French, from Late Latin alausa, of Gaulish origin.]
ale·wife 2 A0190800 (āl′wīf′)n. pl. ale·wives (-wīvz′) A woman who keeps an alehouse.alewife (ˈeɪlˌwaɪf) n, pl -wives (Animals) a North American fish, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, similar to the herring Clupea harengus: family Clupeidae (herrings)[C19: perhaps an alteration (through influence of alewife, that is, a large rotund woman, alluding to the fish's shape) of French alose shad]ale•wife1 (ˈeɪlˌwaɪf)
n., pl. -wives. a North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus, similar to a shad. [1625–35, Amer.; earlier allowes, perhaps influenced by alewife2, probably < French alose shad < Gallo-Latin alausa] ale•wife2 (ˈeɪlˌwaɪf)
n., pl. -wives. a woman who owns or operates an alehouse. [1350–1400]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  alewife - flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streamsAlosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, alewife - shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobusfish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish" | | 2. |  alewife - shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus PomolobusAlosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengusclupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seasAlosa, genus Alosa - shadalewife - flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams |
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Synonyms for alewifenoun flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streamsRelated Words- Alosa pseudoharengus
- Pomolobus pseudoharengus
- alewife
- fish
noun shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawnSynonyms- Alosa pseudoharengus
- Pomolobus pseudoharengus
Related Words- clupeid
- clupeid fish
- Alosa
- genus Alosa
- alewife
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