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Definition of Clupea sapidissima

Clupea sapidissima
Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [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.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. [Written also chad.] Note: 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 (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. 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.
Clupea sapidissima
Alose A"lose, n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo["o]l.) The European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.

Meaning of Clupea sapidissima from wikipedia

- binomial_authority (a. wilson , 1811) , synonyms clupea sapidissima the american shad, alosa sapidissima is a species of anadromous fish
- file:the shad (clupea sapidissima).jpg , a shad. the american shad page american-shad , title american shad (alosa sapidissima) ,
- american shad , dorosoma sapidissima. clupeiformes family clupeidae : pacific herring , clupea pallasi. cypriniformes family catostomidae
- atlantic herring (clupea harengus), common mummichog, atlantic american shad (alosa sapidissima), striped bass (morone saxatilis),
- (clupea pallasii), pacific sand lance (ammodytes hexapterus) and shad (alosa sapidissima; 13%) and common carp (cyprinus carpio; 10.8%).
- chordates fish : american shad alosa sapidissima. american eel anguilla rostrata atlantic herring clupea harengus. summer flounder
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