allis shad

English

allis shad

Alternative forms

• allice shad

Etymology

Allis (see alose) + shad

Noun

allis shad (plural allis shad)

1. A herring-like fish (Alosa alosa), of the eastern Atlantic that migrates to fresh water to spawn.

Translations

Alosa alosa

• Asturian: xagüeta (ast), pexerrial (ast), sabela (ast), sálabe (ast)
• Catalan: saboga (ca) f
• Dutch: elft (nl) m
• Finnish: pilkkusilli
• French: alose (fr) f, grande alose (fr) f
• Galician: sable (gl) m, zamborca (gl) f, lorcho m, tasca (gl) f
• Norwegian:
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maisild f

  Bokmål: maisild f

• Portuguese: sável (pt) m
• Swedish: majfisk (sv) c

Further reading

• allis shad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alosa alosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Alosa alosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons