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hickory shad

hickory shad noun: alosa mediocris, a kind of herring.

Noun

hickory shad (plural hickory shads or hickory shad)

  1. Alosa mediocris, a kind of herring.
    Synonyms:
    mattowacca

Synonyms of hickory shad

Forms of hickory shad

pluralhickory shads
pluralhickory shad

Questions about hickory shad

What does hickory shad mean?
Hickory shad means alosa mediocris, a kind of herring.
What part of speech is hickory shad?
Hickory shad is a noun.
What is the plural of hickory shad?
The plural of hickory shad is hickory shads.

Words near hickory shad in the dictionary

  1. hickory nut
  2. hickory nuts
  3. hickory oak
  4. hickory oaks
  5. Hickory Point
  6. hickory shad
  7. hickory shads
  8. hickory stripe
  9. hickory wattle
  10. hickory-pickery
  11. hickoryite

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