Alewife

[eilwaif]

Definition

(noun.) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus.

(noun.) flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams.

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Definition

(n.) A woman who keeps an alehouse.

(n.) 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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Definition

n. a fish of the same genus as the shad about a foot in length common on the east coast of North America.

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