Definition of alewife
English to English noun - flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
source: WordNet 3.0 - shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
source: WordNet 3.0 - A woman who keeps an alehouse.
source: Webster 1913 - A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.
source: Webster 1913
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alewife, alife, alive, aleve, albee, alehoof, albe, alfa, alep, aleph, alibi, aloof, alpha wave, aleppo, alp, ali baba, alb, alab, alpá, alpha
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