alewife

Meanings

Plural: alewives

Noun

• flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
• shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
• A woman who keeps an alehouse.
• A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
• Any of several species similar in appearance.

Synonyms

Alosa pseudoharengus, branch herring, brewess, ellwhop, ellwife, gaspereau, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, sawbelly