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Alewife  n.  (pl. alewives)  (Zool.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.





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"Alewife" Quotes from Famous Books



... cooked fresh fish, flaked or shredded, from the alewife to the whale, or cooked dried herring, finnan haddie, mackerel, cod, and so on, can be stirred in to make a basic Rabbit more tasty. Happy combinations are hit upon in mixing leftovers of several kinds by the ...
— The Complete Book of Cheese • Robert Carlton Brown
... I am nae Quaker, I wot, Maister Francie; and I never heard of alewife that turned preacher, except Luckie Buchan in the west.[I-8] And if I were to preach, I think I have mair the spirit of a Scottishwoman, than to preach in the very room they hae been dancing in ilka night in ...
— St. Ronan's Well • Sir Walter Scott


Words linked to "Alewife" :   fish, genus Alosa, clupeid fish, clupeid, Alosa, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, Alosa pseudoharengus


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