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Definition of Alosa
1. Noun. Shad.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Clupeidae, Family Clupeidae
Member holonyms: Shad, Alewife, Alosa Pseudoharengus, Pomolobus Pseudoharengus
Definition of Alosa
1. Noun. shad ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Alosa
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. ..."