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Shad

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Noun

1. shad

bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast

2. shad

herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shad

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nounWord forms: plural shad or shads
1. 
any of various herring-like food fishes of the genus Alosa and related genera, such as A. alosa (allis shad) of Europe, that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn: family Clupeidae (herrings)
2. 
any of various similar but unrelated fishes

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Shad

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nounWord forms: plural shad or shads
any of various marine or freshwater clupeid fishes
; esp.,
a. 
an American coastal food fish (Alosa sapidissima)
b. 
a species (Dorosoma cepedianum) widely introduced into fresh waters of the U.S. as food for other fish

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shad

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n. pl. shad or shads
Any of several marine food fishes chiefly of the genus Alosa, especially A. sapidissima of northern North American waters, which swims up rivers to spawn. Shad are closely related to herring.

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