Definition of Alosa sapidissima

1. Noun. Shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast.

Exact synonyms: Common American Shad
Generic synonyms: Shad
Terms within: Shad, Shad Roe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alosa Sapidissima

Alonso
Alonzo
Alopecurus
Alopecurus pratensis
Alopex
Alopex lagopus
Alopiidae
Alopius
Alopius vulpinus
Alor Setar
Alora
Alosa
Alosa alosa
Alosa chrysocloris
Alosa pseudoharengus
Alosa sapidissima (current term)
Alost
Aloys Senefelder
Aloysius
Alp protease
Alpen
Alpena
Alpers disease
Alpert syndrome
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpestrine
Alpha Cen
Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri A

Literary usage of Alosa sapidissima

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. Bibliotheca Zoologica by Julius Victor Carus, Wilhelm Engelmann (1894)
"Report on the Propagation of the Shad (Alosa sapidissima) and its introduction into new waters by the US Fish Commissioner in 1873. ibid. ..."

4. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... 108 Common Shad ; American Shad Alosa sapidissima (Wilson) The shad is found on our Atlantic coast from Florida to Newfoundland, its centre of abundance ..."

5. Bulletin by Natural History Society of New Brunswick (1897)
"Summer Gaspereau. Co-extensive in range with the latter species, but entering rivers later in the season. 25. C. sapidissima Wilson. Alosa sapidissima. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"... fertility in hybridization, Mr. HB Roosevelt cited cases of hybridism between species of Salmonidae, and between Alosa sapidissima and the striped bass. ..."

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