Look up: alewife

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   Alewife
   One of the most popular members of the herring family, the alewife is anadromous (it spawns in fresh water). This fish provides high-fat flesh with a fine, soft, texture.
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   alewife
   [n] - flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams 2. [n] - shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn
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   Alewife
   Ale'wife` noun ; plural Alewives A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.
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   Alewife
   Ale'wife` noun ; plural Alewives . [ This word is properly aloof , the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, 'Phil Trans.' No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's 'Memoirs,' vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zoology) A North American fish ( Clupea vernalis ) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife , ellwhop , branch herring ...
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   alewife
   A woman who keeps an alehouse. ... Origin: This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. ... <zoology> 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. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   alewife
   noun flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
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   alewife
   Alosa pseudoharengus noun shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
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   Alewife
   The `alewife` (`Alosa pseudoharengus`) is a species of small shad. There are anadromous and landlocked forms. The landlocked form is also called a `sawbelly` or mooneye (although this latter name is more commonly applied to `Hiodon` spp.). The front of the body is deep and larger than other fish found in the same waters, and its common name is said to come from comparison with a corpulent female tavernkeeper (`ale-wife`). In Atlantic Canada it is...
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   Alewife
   • (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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    alewife
    (from the article `tavern`) The hostelries of Roman England were derived from the cauponae and the tabernae of Rome itself. These were followed by alehouses, which were run by ...
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    alewife
    (Pomolobus, or Alosa, pseudoharengus), important North American food fish of the herring family, Clupeidae. Deeper-bodied than the true herring, the ... [3 related articles]
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    alewife
    alewife: see herring.
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