Definition of Alosa

1. Noun. Shad.

Exact synonyms: Genus Alosa
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Clupeidae, Family Clupeidae
Member holonyms: Shad, Alewife, Alosa Pseudoharengus, Pomolobus Pseudoharengus

Definition of Alosa

1. Noun. shad ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alosa

alopecia pityrodes
alopecia presenilis
alopecia senilis
alopecia symptomatica
alopecia syphilitica
alopecia totalis
alopecia toxica
alopecia triangularis
alopecia universalis
alopecias
alopecic
alopecoid
alopecy
aloracetam
alosa
alosas
alose
alosetron
alosid
alot
alouatta
alouatte
alouattes
alouattinae
aloud
alovudine
alow
alowe
aloxiprin

Literary usage of Alosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"IN the connective tissue between the my atoms in the muscle of the lateral line of Alosa sapidissima, there are developed a series of thin cartilaginous ..."

2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"PRELIMINARY PAPER ON STRUCTURE OF Alosa SAPIDISSIMA. By FANNY R. HITCHCOCK, New York, NY [ABSTRACT.] IN the connective tissue between the ..."

3. Handbuch der Anatomie der Wirbelthiere by Hermann Stannius (1854)
"... Alosa, Notopterus тог, erscheinen jedoch auch bei anderen Fischen, z. ... Alosa ..."

4. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"S. * No teeth on the voir.er ; no dorsal filament ; scales cycloid. t Cheek« deeper than long; teeth wanting or on the jaws only. . . . Alosa. ..."

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