alewife, n.
(alewives)
(alewives)
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
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Alosa pseudoharengus Pomolobus pseudoharengus alewife
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flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
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alewife
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