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Shad

(n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species.


Shad - Other Definitions

  • (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species.

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shade

  • (n.) Act or process of making a shade.

  • (n.) That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.

Shad - 36 Partial Matches Found (Page 1 of 1)

Disshadow Double-shade Foreshadow Inshaded Nightshade
Overshade Overshadow Overshadowed Overshadower Overshadowing
Overshadowy Shad-spirit Shad-waiter Shadbird Shadd
Shadde Shaddock Shade Shaded Shadeful
Shadeless Shader Shadily Shadiness Shading
Shadoof Shadow Shadowed Shadowiness Shadowing
Shadowish Shadowless Shadowy Shadrach Shady
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