Shad

/ʃæd/

Synonyms for "shad" (2 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
alosa sapidissima

Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries
animalclupeidclupeid fishdelicacyfishfood fishfood itemseafoodvertebrate

More specific

4 entries
blueback shadgizzard shadhickory shadthreadfin shad

Collocations

6 entries
American shadblueback shadgizzard shadhickory shadshad roethreadfin shad

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries
shad roe

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.

Source: wiktionary

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