Thesaurus: alewife

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1. n. A woman who keeps an alehouse.
2. n. 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.
3. n. flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
4. n. shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
5. A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay. 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.
6. A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.
7. n:100 n. flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams n. shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus