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Rana halecina
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.

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- (Cope, 1889) Synonyms Rana sphenocephala Cope, 1886 Rana halecina Holbrook, 1842 Rana halecina sphenocephala Cope, 1886 Rana utricularia sphenocephala...
- berlandieri (Baird, 1859) Synonyms Rana berlandieri Rana halecina berlandieri Rana halecina austricola Rana virescens austricola Rana austricola Rana...
- 1758) Synonyms Halecium geniculatum Norman, 1867 Halecium halecium (Linnaeus, 1758 Sertularia halecina Linnaeus, 1758 Thoa halecina (Linnaeus, 1758)...
- Sertularia argentea Sertularia avicularia Sertularia rugosa Sertularia halecina Sertularia thuja Sertularia eburnea – Crisia eburnea Sertularia cornuta...