Mattowacca

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

  Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
     An American clupeoid fish ({Clupea mediocris}), similar to
     the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less
     esteemed for food; -- called also {hickory shad}, {tailor
     shad}, {fall herring}, and {shad herring}.
     [1913 Webster]