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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fishes, of the family Clupeidæ, including the shad (which see). Also written
Alausa .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the genus comprising the most common varieties of shad. It replaces the older term
Clupea . See alsoshad .
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- noun
shad
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun shad
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(_Clupea alosa_ and _C. finta_), ascend one or two British and several continental rivers in the spring.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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