Usually means: Migratory fish, often used as food.
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  1. shad: Merriam-Webster
  2. shad: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shad: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shad: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. shad: Wiktionary
  8. shad: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. shad: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. shad: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. shad: Dictionary.com
  12. shad: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. SHAD (summer program), SHAD, Shad (disambiguation), Shad (prince), Shad (rapper), Shad: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Shad: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. shad: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. shad: Rhymezone
  17. Shad: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. shad: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. shad: FreeDictionary.org
  20. shad: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. shad: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shad: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. shad, the shad: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Shad)

▸ noun:  Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
▸ noun:  (South Africa) Any bluefish of species Pomatomus saltatrix.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
blending, allis shad, hickory shad, allice, twaite shad, American shad, shadine, gizzard shad, herring, alose, more...

Types:
alewife, blueback herring, river herring, American shad, European shad, silver shad, pogy, more...

Phrases:
gizzard shad, American shad, shad roe, hickory shad, twaite shad, more...

Adjectives:
american, gizzard, young, fresh, twaite, large, fine, small, white, planked, juvenile
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Similar:
blending, allis shad, hickory shad, allice, twaite shad, American shad, shadine, gizzard shad, herring, alose, more...

Types:
alewife, blueback herring, river herring, American shad, European shad, silver shad, pogy, more...

Phrases:
gizzard shad, American shad, shad roe, hickory shad, twaite shad, allis shad, river shad, shad fly, planked shad, shad bush, allice shad, common american shad, mackerel shad, shad flower, shad waiter, shad spirit, more...

Adjectives:
american, gizzard, young, fresh, twaite, large, fine, small, white, planked, juvenile



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