Alewife

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A woman who keeps an Alehouse.

II. Alewife ·noun 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.

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alewife
plur. alewives. (Indian, aloof. Alosa vernalis, Storer, Massachusetts Rep't.) A fish of the herring ...

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alewife
The Clupea alosa, a fish of the herring kind, which appears in the Philosophical Transactions for 16...

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