alewife

  1. Noun.  (archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
  2. Noun.  A North American fish (italbrac, Clupea vernalis) of the herring family.
  3. Noun.  A migrating North American fish, ''Alosa pseudoharengus''.
  4. Noun.  Any of several species similar in appearance.

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