RIVER SHAD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima

Synonyms:

Alosa chrysocloris; river shad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("river shad" is a kind of...):

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

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