Shad

//ʃæd//

Synonyms for "shad"

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Translations

33 translations across 25 languages.

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Abenaki

1 entries
  • wôbamakwsis noun (fishes of the herring family)

Arabic

1 entries
  • شَابُل noun (fishes of the herring family)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • карагьоз noun (fishes of the herring family)

Catalan

1 entries
  • alosa noun (fishes of the herring family)

Dutch

1 entries
  • elft noun (fishes of the herring family)

Finnish

2 entries
  • silli noun (fishes of the herring family)
  • täpläsilli noun (fishes of the herring family)

French

1 entries
  • alose noun (fishes of the herring family)

Galician

1 entries
  • sable noun (fishes of the herring family)

German

1 entries
  • Maifisch noun (fishes of the herring family)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • amerikai alóza noun (fishes of the herring family)
  • amerikai vándorhering noun (fishes of the herring family)
  • fint noun (fishes of the herring family)

Irish

1 entries
  • sead f2 noun (fishes of the herring family)

Italian

2 entries
  • agone noun (fishes of the herring family)
  • alosa noun (fishes of the herring family)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • alsė noun (fishes of the herring family)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Els noun (fishes of the herring family)
  • Meefësch noun (fishes of the herring family)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

1 entries
  • psam noun (fishes of the herring family)

Mi'kmaq

2 entries
  • msamu noun (fishes of the herring family)
  • samu noun (fishes of the herring family)

Old English

1 entries
  • sceadd noun (fishes of the herring family)

Polish

1 entries
  • aloza noun (fishes of the herring family)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • sável noun (fishes of the herring family)

Russian

1 entries
  • шэд noun (fishes of the herring family)

Spanish

2 entries
  • alosa noun (fishes of the herring family)
  • sábalo noun (fishes of the herring family)

Swedish

1 entries
  • majfisk noun (fishes of the herring family)

Unami

1 entries
  • shëwanamèkw noun (fishes of the herring family)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cá trích đầy mình noun (fishes of the herring family)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gwangen noun (fishes of the herring family)
  • gwengyn noun (fishes of the herring family)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

More than 250 fish species use the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries for some portion of their life cycles, including American and hickory shad, river herring, striped bass, eel, weakfish, bluefish, flounder, oysters, and blue crabs. More than 300 migratory bird species can also be found in the watershed.

Source: tatoeba (6679450)

Each river had its village and its iron bridge that the train crossed with a blast of its whistle, and the girls bathing in the icy water leaped like shad as it passed, unsettling travelers with their fleeting breasts.

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