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ALOSA CHRYSOCLORIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alosa chrysocloris mean?
• ALOSA CHRYSOCLORIS (noun)
The noun ALOSA CHRYSOCLORIS has 1 sense:
1. shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima
Familiarity information: ALOSA CHRYSOCLORIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alosa chrysocloris; river shad
Hypernyms ("Alosa chrysocloris" is a kind of...):
shad (herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn)
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