shad

S0307900 (shăd)n. pl. shad or shads Any of several marine food fishes chiefly of the genus Alosa, especially A. sapidissima of northern North American waters, which swims up rivers to spawn. Shad are closely related to herring.

[Middle English *schad, from Old English sceadd.]

shad

(ʃæd) n, pl shad or shads1. (Animals) any of various herring-like food fishes of the genus Alosa and related genera, such as A. alosa (allis shad) of Europe, that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn: family Clupeidae (herrings)2. (Animals) any of various similar but unrelated fishes[Old English sceadd; related to Norwegian skadd, German Schade shad, Old Irish scatān herring, Latin scatēre to well up]

shad

(ʃæd)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) shad, (esp. for kinds or species) shads. any of several herringlike marine fishes of the genus Alosa that spawn in rivers well upstream from the sea, as A. sapidissima, of Europe and North America. [before 1050; Old English sceadd]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shad - bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coastAlosa sapidissima, common American shad - shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coastfish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"
	2.	shad - herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawnfood fish - any fish used for food by human beingsclupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seasAlosa, genus Alosa - shadAlosa sapidissima, common American shad - shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coastAlosa chrysocloris, river shad - shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissimaallice, allice shad, allis, allis shad, Alosa alosa - European shad

Translations

alose

shad

shad,

fish of the genus Alosa, family Clupeidae (herringherring,
common name for members of the large, widely distributed family Clupeidae, comprising many species of marine and freshwater food fishes, including the sardine (Sardinia), the menhaden (Brevoortia and Ethmidium), and the shad (Alosa).
..... Click the link for more information. family), found in North America, Europe, and the Mediterranean. The American shad, A. sapidissima, is one of the largest (6 lb/2.7 kg average) of the herrings and has delicious but bony flesh; its roe is valued as a delicacy. It is found along the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to Florida and successfully introduced on the Pacific coast.Shad ascend rivers to spawn in the spring. Water pollution and overfishing have cut down their numbers. Named for its muscular gizzardlike stomach, the American gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, is a swift, silvery fish, 1 ft (30 cm) long, found along the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Texas and up the Mississippi to the Great Lakes. Shads and gizzard shads are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Actinopterygii, order Clupeiformes, family Clupeidae.

Bibliography

See J. McPhee, The Founding Fish (2002).

Shad

(Alosa sapidissima), a fish of the family Clupeidae (herrings). The largest of the anadromous herrings, the shad is up to 75 cm long and weighs up to 6.4 kg. It is found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Florida. It has been acclimatized in the Pacific Ocean, where it is found from Alaska to San Diego and near Kamchatka. The fish ascend rivers to spawn in the spring. The eggs are deposited in batches. Fecundity is up to 150,000 eggs. The diet consists of plankton (usually the larger forms) and, sometimes, fry. The shad is a valuable commercial fish. In recent years, the catch has decreased considerably because of pollution and the regulation of rivers.

REFERENCE

Zhizn’ zhivotnykh, vol. 4, part 1. Moscow, 1971.

shad

1. any of various herring-like food fishes of the genus Alosa and related genera, such as A. alosa (allis shad) of Europe, that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn: family Clupeidae (herrings) 2. any of various similar but unrelated fishes

Acronym

Definition

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shad

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Words related to shad

noun bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning

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Alosa sapidissima
common American shad
fish

noun herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn

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food fish
clupeid
clupeid fish
Alosa
genus Alosa
Alosa sapidissima
common American shad
Alosa chrysocloris
river shad
allice
allice shad
allis
allis shad
Alosa alosa