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Definition of Shad

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

2. Noun. Herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn.

Definition of Shad

1. 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.

Definition of Shad

1. a food fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Shad

1. 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. Alternative forms: chad. The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard), called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and winter shad. Hardboaded, or Yellow-tailed, shad, the menhaden. Hickory, or Tailor, shad, the mattowacca. Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus Gerres. Shad bush, a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier (A. Canadensis, and A. Alnifolia) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry. Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. Trout shad, the squeteague. White shad,the common shad. Origin: AS. Sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. Schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. Sgadan a herring, W. Ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. Skate a fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shad

shackle shackle shacklebone shacklebones shackled shackler shacklers shackles shackling shacko

shackoes shackos shacks shack up shad (current term) shad (current term) shad-flower shad-waiter shadberries shadberry

shadbird shadblow shadblows shadbush shadbushes shadchan shadchanim shadchans shadd shaddock

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