English Explanatory Dictionary

alose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of certain shad:
  2. European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
  3. American shad (Alosa sapidissima).

Word forms

alose aloses

Etymology

Borrowed from French alose, from Latin alausa, from unattested Gaulish *alausa. Cognate with German Alse.

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