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• ALOSA (noun)
The noun ALOSA has 1 sense:

1. shad

Familiarity information: ALOSA used as a noun is very rare.

• ALOSA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Shad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alosa; genus Alosa

Hypernyms ("Alosa" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Alosa"):

shad (herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn)

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

Holonyms ("Alosa" is a member of...):

Clupeidae; family Clupeidae (herrings; shad; sardines; etc.)

"All hat and no cattle."
(English proverb)
"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
(Native American proverb, Cherokee)
"If you had an opinion you better be determined."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who sleeps cannot catch fish."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of alewife
Meaning of Clupeidae
Meaning of Pomolobus pseudoharengus
Meaning of Alosa pseudoharengus
Meaning of family Clupeidae

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