common american shad

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   shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast

   SynonymsAlosa sapidissima

   Broadershad

   Partsshadshad roe

Questions about common american shad

What does common american shad mean?

common american shad means "shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast".

What is another word for common american shad?

Close synonyms include Alosa sapidissima. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common american shad a common word?

common american shad is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.