- Alewife
- Alewife Ale"wife`, n.; pl. {Alewives}. A woman who keeps an alehouse. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
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Alewife — ist der Name von: Alewife (Maine), einer Ortschaft im US Bundesstaat Maine Alewife Cove, einer Bucht im US Bundesstaat Connecticut Alewife Pond (Maine), eines Sees im US Bundesstaat Maine Alewife Pond (New York), eines Sees im US Bundesstaat New… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Alewife — Ale wife , n.; pl. {Alewives}. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, Phil Trans. No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam s Memoirs, vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zo[ o]l.) A North American fish… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
alewife — (n.) herring like fish of North America, 1630s, named from the word for female tavern keepers (late 14c.), from ALE (Cf. ale) + WIFE (Cf. wife); the fish so called in reference to its large abdomen … Etymology dictionary
alewife — [āl′wīf΄] n. pl. alewives [āl′wīvz΄] 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 … English World dictionary
Alewife — Taxobox name = Alewife image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Clupeiformes familia = Clupeidae genus = Alosa subgenus = (Pomolobus) species = A. (P.) pseudoharengus binomial = Alosa (Pomolobus)… … Wikipedia
alewife — alewife1 /ayl wuyf /, n., pl. alewives. a North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus, resembling a small shad. [1625 35, Amer.; earlier allowes, perh. influenced by ALEWIFE2, prob. < F alose shad < Gallo Latin alausa] alewife2 /ayl wuyf /, n., pl … Universalium
alewife — noun (plural alewives) a NW Atlantic fish of the herring family, swimming up rivers to spawn. [Alosa pseudoharengus.] Origin C17: perh. from earlier alewife woman who keeps an alehouse , with ref. to the fish s large belly … English new terms dictionary
alewife — I ale•wife [[t]ˈeɪlˌwaɪf[/t]] n. pl. wives ich a North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus, similar to a shad • Etymology: 1625–35, amer.; earlier allowes, perh. influenced by alewife II, prob. < F alose shad < Gallo Latin alausa II… … From formal English to slang
alewife — silkinė perpelė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Alosa pseudoharengus angl. alewife; gray herring rus. сероспинка; элевайф ryšiai: platesnis terminas – perpelės … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
Alewife Brook — ist die Bezeichnung mehrerer Flüsse in den Vereinigten Staaten: Alewife Brook (Nordatlantik), ein Fluss im US Bundesstaat Maine Alewife Brook (Babson Reservoir), ein Fluss im US Bundesstaat Massachusetts (Essex County) Alewife Brook (Essex River) … Deutsch Wikipedia
