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ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS

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Meaning:

Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobusplay

Synonyms:

alewife; Alosa pseudoharengus; Pomolobus pseudoharengus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Alosa pseudoharengus" is a kind of...):

clupeid; clupeid fish (any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas)

Meronyms (parts of "Alosa pseudoharengus"):

alewife (flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams)

Holonyms ("Alosa pseudoharengus" is a member of...):

Alosa; genus Alosa (shad)

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