shad
English
Etymology
Old English sceadd, either from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: 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)
- 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.
- 2003, Edith Grossman, translator, Gabriel García Márquez, Living to Tell the Tale, Chapter 1
- (South Africa) The bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Derived terms
terms derived from shad
- Agrakhan shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Alabama shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- allis shad (Alosa alosa)
- American shad(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.) - Astrabad shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Azov shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Black Sea shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Caspian anadromous shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Caspian marine shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Caspian shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Enzeli shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- European shad
- gizzard shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. spp. et al.)
- hickory shad(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.) - Killarney shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Kura shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Laotian shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Macedonia shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- North African shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Pontic shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Reeves' shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- river shad (Alosa spp.)
- Saposhnikovi shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- shadbird
- shadbush, shad bush (Amelanchier spp.)
- shad frog (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- shad-spirit
- shad-waiter (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- skipjack shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Toli shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Thracian shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- twait shad, twaite shad (Alosa fallax)
- Volga shad (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Translations
fishes of the herring family
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- English terms derived from Old English
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- South African English
- Entries with redundant template: taxlink
- en:Herrings
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