Definition of Allis shad

1. Noun. European shad.

Exact synonyms: Allice, Allice Shad, Allis, Alosa Alosa
Generic synonyms: Shad

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allis Shad

alligatorid
alligatorids
alligatoring
alligatorlike
alligatoroids
alligators
alligators and crocodiles
allignment
allignments
alliin
alliinase
alliinases
alliins
allinase
allis
allis shad (current term)
allises
allision
allisions
alliteral
alliterate
alliterated
alliterates
alliterating
alliteration
alliterations
alliterative
alliteratively
alliterativeness
alliterator

Literary usage of Allis shad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"Shad Of the Shads, two are caught on the coasts and in the estuaries of Britain, the allis shad, Clupea alosa, 256, and the Thwaite Shad, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Two species occur in Europe, much resembling each other, —one commonly called allis shad (Clupea alosa), and the other known as Twaite Shad (Clupea finta). ..."

3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1892)
"In the allis shad (see fig. B, page 32) the anterior vesicle is much larger than the posterior; it is elongated transversely, and its duct arises behind, ..."

4. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of the by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"The two shads — the allis shad and TWAITE SHAD—arc in some respects, ... The ALLIS SHAD grows to a weight of 7 or 8 Ibs., and its pale green and silver ..."

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