ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Alosa pseudoharengus mean? • ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS (noun)
The noun ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS has 1 sense:
1. shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
Familiarity information: ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS (noun)
Meaning:
Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alosa pseudoharengus; Pomolobus pseudoharengus; alewife
Hypernyms ("Alosa pseudoharengus" is a kind of...):
clupeid; clupeid fish (any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas)
Meronyms (parts of "Alosa pseudoharengus"):
alewife (flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams)
Holonyms ("Alosa pseudoharengus" is a member of...):
Alosa; genus Alosa (shad)
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