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Definition: Hickory shad
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.]
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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
.
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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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Hickory
\Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora
(Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
pounded hickory nuts.
“Pohickory” is named in a list of
Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
“hickory.” --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus
Carya, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the
Carya alba, and has a
very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.
The pignut, or brown hickory, is the
Carya glabra. The
swamp hickory is
Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is
very thin and the kernel bitter.
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Hickory shad. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
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