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English → English (gcide) Definition: ellwife Alewife \Ale"wife`\, n.; pl. Alewives. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, “Phil Trans.” No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's “Memoirs,” vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zo["o]l.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring . The name is locally applied to other related species. [1913 Webster]