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Alewife — Ale wife , n.; pl. {Alewives}. A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — 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 — 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 — 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
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
alewife — silkinė perpelė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Alosa pseudoharengus angl. alewife; gray herring rus. сероспинка; элевайф ryšiai: platesnis terminas – perpelės … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
Alewife Brook — ist die Bezeichnung mehrerer Flüsse in den Vereinigten Staaten: Alewife Brook (Nordatlantik), ein Fluss im US Bundesstaat Maine Alewife Brook (Babson Reservoir), ein Fluss im US Bundesstaat Massachusetts (Essex County) Alewife Brook (Essex River) … Deutsch Wikipedia
