Hypernym

noun

any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

Member_meronym

noun

shad

Part_meronym

noun

flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

alewife 2

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus

Synonyms

Alosa pseudoharengus 1
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
Pomolobus pseudoharengus 1
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus

Member_holonym

noun

shad

Part_holonym

noun

flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams