Australian English Meaning of alewife
herring
Other Australian English words related to herring
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of alewife
- alewives => alewives
- alex boncayao brigade => Alex Boncayao Brigade
- alex haley => Alex Haley
- alexander => Alexander
- alexander alexandrovich blok => Alexander Alexandrovich Blok
- alexander archipelago => Alexander Archipelago
- alexander bell => Alexander Graham Bell
- alexander calder => Alexander Calder
- alexander fleming => Alexander Fleming
- alexander graham bell => Alexander Graham Bell
Definitions and Meaning of alewife in English
alewife (n)
flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
alewife (n.)
A woman who keeps an alehouse.
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.
FAQs About the word alewife
herring
flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams, shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometime
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
alew => alewife, alevin => fry, aleve => Aleve, aleutic => Aleut, aleutians => Aleutian Islands,
