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Definitions of alewife in various dictionaries:
noun - flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
noun - shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn
A woman who keeps an alehouse.
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| a NW Atlantic fish of the herring family, which swims up rivers to spawn. |
| A north-western Atlantic fish of the herring family that swims up rivers to spawn and is found also in the Great Lakes. |
| A fish (Alosa pseudoharengus) closely related to the herrings and native to North American Atlantic waters and some inland lakes. |
| A woman who keeps an alehouse. |
| shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn often salted or smoked sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus |
| flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams |
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| The alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) is an anadromous species of herring found in North America. It is one of the "typical" North American shads, attributed to the subgenus Pomolobus of the genus Alosa. As an adult it is a marine species found in the northern West Atlantic Ocean, moving into estuaries before swimming upstream to breed in freshwater habitats, but some populations live entirely in fresh water. It is best known for its invasion of the Great Lakes by using the Welland Canal to bypass Niagara Falls. Here, its population surged, peaking between the 1950s and 1980s to the detriment of many native species of fish. In an effort to control them biologically, Pacific salmon were introduced, only partially successfully. As a marine fish, the alewife is a US National Marine Fisheries Service "Species of Concern". |