alewife
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- noun
- /ˈeɪlˌwaɪf/
- US
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alewife
- The local restaurant featured smoked alewife as a specialty dish on its menu.
Examples
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The highest time delay of 95 minutes was experienced at 12:00 noon on the JFK/UMass to Alewife Station near Tufts University.
Academic text (2016) -
Subsequently, the alewife became an important prey fish for introduced salmon (Emery 1985, Stewart et al. 1981).
Academic text (1994) -
At South Station, take the Red Line (towards Alewife) two stops to Park Street.
Blog text (34) -
This is the one going up right by Lanes and Games/Alewife Station, on the site where Faces used to be.
Blog text (3) -
The bioaccumulation of these chemicals, however, has been aggravated by the introduction of zebra mussels and reductions in alewife populations.
Academic text (1997) -
The MBTA has an operating standard of 150 minutes for the AM rush hour. During this period, based on a 9-minute departure time, approximately 16.7 trains could run roundtrip from the Alewife Station.
Academic text (2016) -
Our tour will visit the industrial grit of Boynton Yards and Inner Belt, the emerging development of Assembly Row, the leafy campus of Tufts University, and the parklands of the Mystic River and Alewife Brook.
Blog text (19) -
Anglers often use alewife as bait when fishing for larger species in North American rivers.
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During the summer months, many fishermen target alewife in coastal waters due to their abundance.
Synonyms
A fish like a herring that moves into rivers to lay eggs and is often salted or smoked for food
A small fish called the alewife that swims into rivers to lay eggs and is eaten smoked or salted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word alewife comes from the old words ale and wife, where 'wife' meant 'woman' and 'ale' meant 'beer'. One popular idea is that this small, cheap herring was often sold or eaten near taverns, so people used the same name for the fish, which is why alewife today means a small herring often used as food.