Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The common alewife, Pomolobus pseudoharengus.
  • noun A name given in New Brunswick and parts of Canada to the herring, Clupea vernalis.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.), Local, Canada The alewife.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Canada, dated An alewife (type of fish).

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