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ALOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alosa mean? 

ALOSA (noun)
  The noun ALOSA has 1 sense:

1. shadplay

  Familiarity information: ALOSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALOSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alosa; genus Alosa

Hypernyms ("Alosa" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Alosa"):

shad (herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn)

alewife; Alosa pseudoharengus; Pomolobus pseudoharengus (shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus)

Holonyms ("Alosa" is a member of...):

Clupeidae; family Clupeidae (herrings; shad; sardines; etc.)


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