shad
(noun) herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
shad
(noun) bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shad (plural shad or shads)
Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
(South Africa) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
• ADHs, Dash, SAHD, Sadh, dahs, dash
Source: Wiktionary
Shad, n. sing. & pl. Etym: [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.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (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 (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species. [Written also chad.]
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. Hardboaded, or Yellow-tailed, shad, the menhaden.
– Hickory, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
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