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Definition: Clupea alosa
Shad
\Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (
Alosa sapidissima formerly
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
(
Alosa alosa formerly
Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(
Alosa finta formerly
Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also
chad.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under
Gizzard),
called also
mud shad,
white-eyed shad, and
winter shad
.
[1913 Webster]
Hardboaded shad, or
Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.
Hickory shad, or
Tailor shad, the
mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus
Amelanchier (
A. Canadensis
, and
A. alnifolia) Their white racemose
blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and
the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence
they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called
service tree, and
Juneberry.
Shad frog, an American spotted frog (
Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, the squeteague.
White shad, the common shad.
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Alose
\A"lose\, n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European shad (
Alosa alosa formerly
Clupea alosa); --
called also
allice shad or
allis shad. The name is
sometimes applied to the American shad (
Alosa sapidissima
formerly
Clupea sapidissima). See
Shad.
[1913 Webster]
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