alosa pseudoharengus

English Thesaurus

1. shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	clupeid, clupeid fish,
definition	:	any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	alewife,
definition	:	flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams (noun.food)

member meronym	:	alosa, genus alosa,
definition	:	shad (noun.animal)