shad

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English

an American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
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Etymology

Old English sceadd, either from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cel" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (see Irish Gaelic sgadan (“herring”), Welsh ysgadan) or from Scandinavian (see dialectal Norwegian skadd (“small whitefish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

shad (plural shad or shads)

  1. Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
    • 2003, Edith Grossman, translator, Gabriel García Márquez, Living to Tell the Tale, Chapter 1
      Each river had its village and its iron bridge that the train crossed with a blast of its whistle, and the girls bathing in the icy water leaped like shad as it passed, unsettling travelers with their fleeting breasts.
  2. (South Africa) The bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.).

Derived terms

terms derived from shad
  • Agrakhan shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • Alabama shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • allis shad (Alosa alosa)
  • American shad(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • Astrabad shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • Azov shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • Black Sea shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • Caspian anadromous shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • Caspian marine shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • Caspian shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • Enzeli shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • European shad
  • gizzard shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. spp. et al.)
  • hickory shad(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • Killarney shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
  • Kura shad (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)

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