ALEWIFE

alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus

(noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus

alewife

(noun) flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

alewife (plural alewives)

(archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.

Synonyms

• brewess

Etymology 2

Noun

alewife (plural alewives)

A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.

Any of several species similar in appearance.

Synonyms

• (Alosa pseudoharengus): branch herring, ellwhop, ellwife, (Canada) gaspereau

Source: Wiktionary

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Ale"wife`, n.; pl. Alewives.

Definition: A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.

Ale"wife`, n.; pl. Alewives. Etym: [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.]Etym: (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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