shad

shad  (shd)

n. pl. shad or shads

Any of several food fishes of the genus Alosa, especially the North American species A. sapidissima, related to the herrings but atypical in swimming up streams from marine waters to spawn.

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

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shad [ʃæd]

n pl shad, shads

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shad - bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast Alosa sapidissima, common American shad - shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast fish - 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 spawn food fish - any fish used for food by human beings clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas Alosa, genus Alosa - shad Alosa sapidissima, common American shad - shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast Alosa chrysocloris, river shad - shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima allice, allice shad, allis, allis shad, Alosa alosa - European shad

Translations

shad [ʃæd] N (shad or shads (pl)) → sábalo m

shad

n → Alse f