alewife
noun
a North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus, resembling a small shad.
alewives
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pluralof alewife.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They learned a similar situation had occurred in the Great Lakes in the 1960s, when lake trout had exhibited similar behaviors after gorging on alewives, another fish chock-full of thiaminase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
"Those dams are preventing other native species like American shad, alewives, blueback herring and American eel from accessing large amounts of historic habitat," says Burrows.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2021
Little herrings called alewives swim through the brownish water.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2019
More than 500 Atlantic salmon have made the trip, along with nearly two million alewives, countless baby eels, thousands of mature sea lamprey and dozens of white perch and brook trout.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2016
During the end of March and most of April, my father caught and salted alewives for crab bait, overhauled the motor on the Portia Sue, and converted it once more for crabbing.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
