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ALEWIVES
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
Noun
alewives
plural of alewife
Source: Wiktionary
ALEWIFE
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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