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1. Flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
    
2. Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
   - Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus

Derived forms: alewives

Type of: clupeid, clupeid fish, fish

Part of: Alosa, genus Alosa

Encyclopedia: Alewife