Noun(1) flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams(2) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus(3) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn(4) often salted or smoked(5) sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus [also: alewives (pl)]
Noun(1) flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams(2) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus(3) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn(4) often salted or smoked(5) sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus [also: alewives (pl)]
(1) Some of the species that live in the ocean but enter freshwater to spawn are sea lamprey, Atlantic sturgeon, alewife , Atlantic salmon, arctic char, and American eel.(2) Harbor seals were found to congregate in the Saint John Harbour during the runs of alewife but not Atlantic salmon.(3) Our goal was to determine if seal numbers increase during the alewife and Atlantic salmon runs.(4) Larger salmon eat a variety of fishes such as herring and alewives , smelts, capelin, small mackerel, sand lace, and small cod.(5) Few land-locked alewives live longer than 5 years.
