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alewife /ˈeɪlwʌɪf /noun (plural alewives)A NW Atlantic fish of the herring family, which swims up rivers to spawn.- Alosa pseudoharengus, family Clupeidae.
Larger salmon eat a variety of fishes such as herring and alewives, smelts, capelin, small mackerel, sand lace, and small cod....- Our goal was to determine if seal numbers increase during the alewife and Atlantic salmon runs.
- Some of the species that live in the ocean but enter freshwater to spawn are sea lamprey, Atlantic sturgeon, alewife, Atlantic salmon, arctic char, and American eel.
Origin Mid 17th century: possibly from earlier alewife 'woman who keeps an ale house', with reference to the fish's large belly. |