ALEWIFE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn
   • often salted or smoked
   • sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
   Synonym(s)
   • Alosa pseudoharengus (what does Alosa pseudoharengus mean?)
   • Pomolobus pseudoharengus (what does Pomolobus pseudoharengus mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) alewife is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • clupeid fish (what does clupeid fish mean?)
   • clupeid (what does clupeid mean?)
2. Meaning
   • flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
   Hypernyms(s) alewife is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fish (what does fish mean?)