单词 | allis shad |
释义 | > as lemmasallis shad In full allis shad. An Atlantic shad, Alosa alosa (family Clupeidae), a herring-like fish found mainly in European coastal waters which ascends rivers to spawn.In quot. 1637: probably the American shad, Alosa sapidissima. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > member of genus Alosa (shad) > alosa alosa (allice shad) alose1584 allis1637 1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. 89 There is a Fish (by some called shadds, by some allizes) that in the spring of the yeare..spaune in the ponds. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 351 The Severn shad is sometimes caught in the Thames, though rarely, and called Allis (no doubt Alose the French name,) by the fishermen. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 136 The Allice Shad, by far the larger of the two in size, appears to be much more limited in its localities as a British species. 1882 Standard 2 Mar. 2/8 The Allice shad is an excellent fish, and attains to a weight of four or five pounds. 1904 W. M. Gallichan Fishing & Trav. Spain 168 The two kinds of shad of our coast are known as the twaite and the allice. 1953 Irish Naturalists' Jrnl. 11 8 Incidentally A. alosa or the Allis Shad reaches larger dimensions than A. finta or the Twaite Shad. 2010 Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. 61 The Twaite shad, a rare and threatened migratory species, will become off-limits, like its already protected cousin, the Allis shad. < as lemmas |
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