shad : Idioms & Phrases

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allice shad

  • noun European shad
    allice; allis; allice shad; Alosa alosa.
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allis shad

  • noun European shad
    allice; allis; allice shad; Alosa alosa.
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common american shad

  • noun shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
    Alosa sapidissima.
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Gizzard shad

  • (Zoöl.), an American herring (Dorosoma cepedianum) resembling the shad, but of little value.
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Hardboaded, ∨ Yellow-tailed, shad

  • the menhaden.
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Hickory, ∨ Tailor, shad

  • the mattowacca.
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Hickory shad

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.
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Long-boned shad

  • one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus Gerres.
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mackerel shad

  • noun small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil
    mackerel scad; Decapterus macarellus.
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Planked shad

  • shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire.
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river shad

  • noun shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima
    Alosa chrysocloris.
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Shad bush

  • (Bot.), 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.
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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.
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shad roe

  • noun roe of shad; may be parboiled or baked or sauteed gently
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shad-flower

  • noun annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules
    whitlow grass; shadflower; Draba verna.
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shad-spirit

Shad"-spir`it noun
Definitions
  1. See Shadbird (a)
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shad-waiter

Shad"-wait`er noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.
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Stink shad

  • (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. Local, U.S.
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Trout shad

  • the squeteague.
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White shad

  • the common shad.
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Winter shad

  • (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad.
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