alewife   (TTS Sound)

The noun alewife has 2 senses

• alewife -- (flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams)


• alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus -- (shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus)