shad

English

an American shad (Alosa sapidissima)

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Etymology

From Old English sceadd, either from Celtic (see Irish Gaelic sgadan (“herring”), Welsh ysgadan) or from Scandinavian (see dialectical Norwegian skadd (“small whitefish”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

shad (plural shad or shads)

1. Any one of several species of food fishes that comprise the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Translations

fishes of the herring family

• Dutch: elft (nl) m
• Finnish: täpläsilli (fi), silli (fi)
• French: alose (fr)
• German: Maifisch m
• Irish: sead (ga) f2
• Lithuanian: alsė

• Luxembourgish: Els (lb) f, Meefësch (lb) m
• Old English: sceadd
• Polish: aloza (pl)
• Russian: шэд (ru) (šed) m
• Swedish: majfisk c
• Vietnamese: cá trích đầy mình

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