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alewives

Variant of alewife

noun pl. alewives

  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

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