Alewife
a North American fish The principal islands are Umnak and same family as the herring and the shad, and closely allied to them. It is caught in 1728. Pop. about 3,000. ties, at many places along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, notably in Chesapeake Bay and the harbor of St. John, N. B. The name is given also to other related species and to fish of other families, as the round pompano ties, at many places along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, England.
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