COMMON AMERICAN SHAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common American shad mean? 

• COMMON AMERICAN SHAD (noun)
  The noun COMMON AMERICAN SHAD has 1 sense:

1. shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast

  Familiarity information: COMMON AMERICAN SHAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON AMERICAN SHAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alosa sapidissima; common American shad

Hypernyms ("common American shad" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "common American shad"):

shad (bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast)

shad roe (roe of shad; may be parboiled or baked or sauteed gently)