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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. Found op http://www.nutribase.com/fishmeat.shtml
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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 s... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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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 Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=shad
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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... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/79
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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... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?shad
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shad
noun herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shad
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shad
noun bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shad
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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... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/shad/
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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 ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/73
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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... Found op http://www.pregnology.com/index.php?boys/Shad
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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 London, Ontario. His mother worked in London as a hospital lab technician; his father, as a machinist. He attended L... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad_(rapper)
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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 torped... Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RS.HTM
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Shad
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. Several species can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Alosa can also ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad
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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... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0844636.html
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Shad
The shad is a fish of the herring family. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BSA.HTM
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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 Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008653.html
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Shad
[prince] Shad (Old Turkic: , šad) was a state office in the early Central Asian Turkic states, roughly equivalent to governor. "Shad" could only be an appointee over a vassal tribe, where he represented interests of the preeminent Kagan. The name of this tribe was included in his title. For... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad_(prince)
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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== ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad_(disambiguation)
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shad
1) A herring 2) A roe source 3) A source of roe 4) Alewife's cousin 5) Atlantic catch 6) Atlantic food fish 7) Bait fish 8) Bay of fundy catch 9) Catch of the day, perhaps 10) Caviar provider 11) Caviar source 12) Ce... Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/shad/1
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