Defenition of the word shad
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Defenition of the word shad
- herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn
- bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
- herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
Meronymys for the word shad
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- Alosa
- Alosa sapidissima
- common American shad
- genus Alosa
Hyponyms for the word shad
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- allice
- allice shad
- allis
- allis shad
- Alosa alosa
- Alosa chrysocloris
- Alosa sapidissima
- common American shad
- river shad
Hypernyms for the word shad
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- clupeid
- clupeid fish
- fish
- food fish
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