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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An English name of a species of shad, Alosa vulgaris. See Alosa.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See alose.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun European shad

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