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1. Shad
   Small, delicate saltwater fish related to the alewife, herring, and sardine. They are larger than herrings and spawn in fresh water. Some species of shad have been landlocked and live in freshwater lakes.
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2. Shad
   Waters:Northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Description (in water): This small (average 3 to 5 lbs.) silver-skinned saltwater school fish, like salmon, is anadromous--every spring it migrates to rivers to spawn in fresh water. Most shad have deep blue backs (hickory shad have gray-green backs) amd silvery sides and bellies. Shad is a member of the herring family. Description (in market): Shad is perhaps the boniest of all fit-to-be-eaten fish, but this does not stop fish lovers from enjoying the…
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3. shad
   [n] - bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning 2. [n] - herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn
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4. Shad
   Shad (shăd) noun sing. & plural [ Anglo-Saxon sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. German schade ; confer Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to English skate a fish.] (Zoology...
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5. shad
   <zoology> Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. Alosa), and the tw...
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6. shad
   noun herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
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7. shad
   noun bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
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8. Shad
   • (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), an...
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9. shad
   any of several saltwater food fishes of the herring family (Clupeidae) that swim up rivers to spawn. Shad of the genus Alosa are rather deep bodied ...
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10. Shad
    Shad is a Scandinavian boy name. The meaning of the name is `Singer` Where is it used? The name Shad is mainly used In Other languages.It is an abbreviated form of Shadrach, used In the bible. Shad doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Shad appeared In the top-1000 was 28 yea...
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11. Shad
    The USS Shad was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Shad had a top speed of 21 knots surfaced and carried a complement of between 65 and 74. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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12. shad
    shad, fish, Alosa sapidissima, of the family Clupeidae (herring family), found along the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to Florida and successfully introduced on the Pacific coast. The shad is one of the largest (6 lb/2.7 kg average) of the herrings and has delicious but bony flesh; its roe is val...
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13. Shad
    The shad is a fish of the herring family.
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14. shad
    Any of several marine fishes, especially the genus Alosa, the largest (60 cm/2 ft long and 2.7 kg/6 lb in weight) of the herring family (Clupeidae). They migrate in shoals to breed in rivers
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15. Shad
    Caspialosa<br/> Pomolobus --> The `shads` or `river herrings` comprise the genus `Alosa`, fish related to herring in the family Clupeidae. They are distinct from others in that family by having a deeper body and spawning in rivers. The several species frequent different areas...
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16. Shad
    (Wild Cards) `Shad` is a fictional vigilante from the Wild Cards series of books, and was created by Walter Jon Williams. Better known as `Black Shadow` he first appeared in the short story "Strings" in the first Wild Cards anthology, and has played a pivotal role in several of the ...
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17. Shad
    (rapper) `Shadrach Kabango` (born July 18, 1982), credited as `Shad` or `Shad K`, is a Canadian hip hop artist. Early life: Born in Kenya, of Rwandan parents, Shad was raised in publisher =The Globe and Mail| date=2007-10-29 -->--> His mother worked in London as a hospital lab technici...
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18. Shad
    (disambiguation) A `shad` is a fish of the genus Alosa; it is also used in eastern South Africa to refer to bluefish. `Shad` may also refer to: People: Places: Organizations and events: Transportation: Other:
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