ALL meanings of shad
shad
S s - noun plural shad a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food. 1
- noun plural shad any other fish of the genus Alosa or related genera. 1
- noun plural shad any of several unrelated fishes. 1
- noun shad type of north American fish 1
- noun shad any of various herring-like food fishes of the genus Alosa and related genera, such as A. alosa (allis shad) of Europe, that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn: family Clupeidae (herrings) 0
- noun shad any of various similar but unrelated fishes 0
- noun shad any of various marine or freshwater clupeid fishes 0
- noun shad an American coastal food fish (Alosa sapidissima) 0
- noun shad a species (Dorosoma cepedianum) widely introduced into fresh waters of the U.S. as food for other fish 0