alosa (a herring fish)

alosa (a herring fish)
germ. *skadda

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  • Alosa alosa — Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Alosa finta — Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Alosa sapidissima — Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • herring — herringlike, adj. /her ing/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) herring, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) herrings. 1. an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic. 2. a similar fish,… …   Universalium

  • List of fish of Great Britain — This is a list of fresh water (lakes, rivers, streams and man made pools) and salt water fish found in and in the waters surrounding Great Britain.The list includes species native to Great Britain and those introduced from other countries.Jawless …   Wikipedia

  • Clupea alosa — Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • List of Minnesota fish — The List of Minnesota fish lists fish found naturally in Minnesota waters, including Lake Superior. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota is home to 158 fish species.The species data on this page is taken from the… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Estonian fish — This is a list of Estonian fishes. Native (usually synonymous with indigenous) species are considered to be species which are today present in the region in question, and have been continuously present in that region since a certain period of… …   Wikipedia

  • clupeid fish — noun any of numerous soft finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas • Syn: ↑clupeid • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑shad, ↑alewife, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • blueback herring — noun Date: 1873 an anadromous clupeid fish (Alosa aestivalis) of the Atlantic coast of North America having a dark blue or bluish gray back …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • skadda — *skadda germ.?, Substantiv: nhd. Alse; ne. alosa (a herring fish); Rekontruktionsbasis: ae.; Etymologie: vergleiche idg. *skē̆it , Verb, schneiden, scheiden, trennen, Pokorny 921; …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

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