Definitions for: Alewife

[n] shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
[n] flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

Webster (1913) Definition: Ale"wife`, n.; pl. Alewives.
A woman who keeps an alehouse. --Gay.

Ale"wife`, n.; pl. Alewives. [This word is properly
aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture
of maize in America, ``Phil Trans.'' No. 142, p. 1065, and
Baddam's ``Memoirs,'' vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zo["o]l.)
A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring
family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, {branch
herring}. The name is locally applied to other related
species.

Synonyms: Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus

See Also: alewife, alewife, Alosa, Alosa pseudoharengus, clupeid, clupeid fish, fish, genus Alosa, Pomolobus pseudoharengus

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