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Alewife   Listen
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Alewife  n.  (pl. alewives)  (Zool.) 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.






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"Alewife" Quotes from Famous Books



... passer-by, were the only folk they met until they had reached the village of Puttenham. Already there, was a hot sun and just breeze enough to send the dust flying down the road, so they were glad to clear their throats with a glass of beer at the ale-stake in the village, where the fair alewife gave Nigel a cold farewell because he had no attentions for her, and Aylward a box on the ear because ...
— Sir Nigel • Arthur Conan Doyle



Words linked to "Alewife" :   Alosa pseudoharengus, fish, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, genus Alosa, clupeid fish, clupeid



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