"American shad" meaning in All languages combined

See American shad on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: American shads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} American shad (plural American shads)
  1. Alosa sapidissima, an anadromous clupeid fish naturally distributed on the North American coast of the North Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Florida, and as an introduced species on the North Pacific coast.
    Sense id: en-American_shad-en-noun-uWhl-u0n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Herrings

Inflected forms

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