SHAD
\ʃˈad], \ʃˈad], \ʃ_ˈa_d]\
Definitions of SHAD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species.
By Oddity Software
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Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Sing. and pl. a teleostean fish of the genus Alosa, family Clupeidae, which inhabits the sea near the mouths of large rivers, and in the spring ascends them to deposit its spawn. It attains a length of three feet, and is distinguished by the absence of sensible teeth, and by an irregular spot behind the gills. Two species of shad are found off the British coast, the Twaite (A. vulgaris) and the Allice shad (A. finta), but their flesh is dry and not much esteemed. In this country a species of shad, plentiful in the Hudson, Delaware, Chesapeake, and St. Lawrence is much esteemed, and is consumed in great quantities in the fresh state.
By Daniel Lyons
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