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alewife

noun

Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus

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Word length
7
Starts with
A
Ends with
E
Contains
LE
Scrabble score
13

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noun

  1. Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus

noun

  1. Flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

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