alosa

English Thesaurus

1. shad (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish genus,
definition	:	any of various genus of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	shad,
definition	:	herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	alewife, alosa pseudoharengus, pomolobus pseudoharengus,
definition	:	shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	clupeidae, family clupeidae,
definition	:	herrings; shad; sardines; etc. (noun.animal)