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Definition: Alosa sapidissima
Alosa sapidissima
n : shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to
Pacific coast [syn: 
common American shad]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Alosa sapidissima
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
.
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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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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.
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