"shad" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning;
Especially of Atlantic coast (synset 107814333)
is a type of: fish - the flesh of fish used as food

is a part of: alosa sapidissima, common american shad - shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
Herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn (synset 102533052)
is a type of:
- food fish - any fish used for food by human beings
- clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
subtypes:
- alosa sapidissima, common american shad - shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
- alosa chrysocloris, river shad - shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima
- allice, allice shad, allis, allis shad, alosa alosa - European shad
belongs to: alosa, genus alosa - shad