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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