Alosa

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alosa \Alosa\ n.
     the genus comprising the most common varieties of shad. It
     replaces the older term {{Clupea}}. See also {shad}.
  
     Syn: genus {Alosa}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Alosa
       n : shad [syn: {genus Alosa}]