Plural of shad
irregular plural
The plural of shad is shad or shads.
Forms of shad
| Singular | shad /ʃæd/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | shad /ʃæd/ shads |
| Countable | countable |
Shads in a sentence
- Shads and most species of salmon are anadromous.From the entry anadromous
Meaning of shad
- noun Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
- noun Any bluefish of the species Pomatomus saltatrix.
Plural the same as the singular
Questions about the plural of shad
- What is the plural of shad?
- The plural of shad is shad or shads.
- Is shad countable?
- Shad is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shad (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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