shad
IPA: ʃˈæd
noun
- Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
- (South Africa) Any bluefish of species Pomatomus saltatrix.
- A surname.
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Examples of "shad" in Sentences
- Shad are valued as a sport fish.
- Alabama shad are a schooling species.
- They caught plentiful salmon and shad.
- Shad and DH Smith start the match off.
- They land, finding Shad to be very slummy.
- Shad can still be found in the Delaware River.
- This dead zone prevented the migration of shad.
- They block migratory fish, such as the American shad.
- Fecundity of the hickory shad in the Altamaha River, Georgia.
- Clean a four pound striped bass and soak the milt of four shad in cold water.
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