alewife

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English - Turkish
{i} ringa cinsinden iri balık
{i} birahaneci kadın
{i} meyhaneci kadın
English - English
A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the herring family. The name is locally applied to other related species
A woman who keeps an alehouse
{n} a woman who keeps an alehouse, a fish
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
{i} female owner of a tavern, woman who owns or operates a pub
The name is locally applied to other related species
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
Important North American food fish (Pomolobus, or Alosa, pseudoharengus) of the herring family. The alewife grows to about 1 ft (30 cm). Most populations spend several years along North America's Atlantic coast before ascending freshwater streams to spawn each spring in ponds or sluggish rivers
It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring
A North American fish of the herring family. The name is locally applied to other related species
A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family

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