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• Alewife — Taxobox name = Alewife image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Clupeiformes familia = Clupeidae genus = Alosa subgenus = (Pomolobus) species = A. (P.) pseudoharengus binomial = Alosa (Pomolobus)… …   Wikipedia

• Alewife — Ale wife , n.; pl. {Alewives}. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, Phil Trans. No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam s Memoirs, vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zo[ o]l.) A North American fish… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• alewife — (n.) herring like fish of North America, 1630s, named from the word for female tavern keepers (late 14c.), from ALE (Cf. ale) + WIFE (Cf. wife); the fish so called in reference to its large abdomen …   Etymology dictionary

• alewife — [āl′wīf΄] n. pl. alewives [āl′wīvz΄] 1. a woman who keeps an alehouse ☆ 2. [< ?] a NW Atlantic clupeid fish ( Alosa pseudoharengus) that swims up rivers to spawn in the spring: used for food and in fertilizers …   English World dictionary

• Alewife (MBTA station) — Infobox Station name=Alewife type=MBTA subway station image size= image caption= T sign and top of glass pyramid from roof level parking deck of Alewife Station address=11 Cambridgepark Dr, Cambridge, MA 02140 line= other= platform=1 center… …   Wikipedia

• alewife — alewife1 /ayl wuyf /, n., pl. alewives. a North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus, resembling a small shad. [1625 35, Amer.; earlier allowes, perh. influenced by ALEWIFE2, prob. < F alose shad < Gallo Latin alausa] alewife2 /ayl wuyf /, n., pl …   Universalium

• Alewife (disambiguation) — An is an archaic English word for a woman who keeps an inn or tavern where ale is brewed and served. Alewife may also refer to: * Alewife, a kind of fish * Alewife Brook Reservation, a state park in Massachusetts * Alewife (MBTA station), a local …   Wikipedia

• fish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. angle; pull out, dredge; solicit; search. See pursuit, desire, fish, food. II Aquatic vertebrate animal Nouns 1. fish, denizen of the deep, Pisces; anadromous, freshwater or saltwater fish, tropical …   English dictionary for students

• alewife — noun (plural alewives) a NW Atlantic fish of the herring family, swimming up rivers to spawn. [Alosa pseudoharengus.] Origin C17: perh. from earlier alewife woman who keeps an alehouse , with ref. to the fish s large belly …   English new terms dictionary

• fish — Synonyms and related words: C, C note, Chinook salmon, G, G note, Loch Ness monster, Sunapee trout, aerial torpedo, albacore, alevin, alewife, alligator gar, amber jack, anchovy, angel fish, angle, anguille, archerfish, argusfish, babe, bait the… …   Moby Thesaurus

• alewife — I ale•wife [[t]ˈeɪlˌwaɪf[/t]] n. pl. wives ich a North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus, similar to a shad • Etymology: 1625–35, amer.; earlier allowes, perh. influenced by alewife II, prob. < F alose shad < Gallo Latin alausa II… …   From formal English to slang