alewife
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alewife (plural alewives)
[edit] Etymology 2
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.
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alewife (plural alewives)
- A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the herring family. The name is locally applied to other related species.

