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/ˈālˌwīf/,
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alewives, plural;
  1. A northwestern Atlantic fish of the herring family that swims up rivers to spawn and is found also in the Great Lakes

  1. flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
  2. shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
  3. The alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) is a species of herring. There are anadromous and landlocked forms. The landlocked form is also called a sawbelly or mooneye (although this latter name is more commonly applied to Hiodon spp.). ...
  4. Alewife Station, located at the intersection of Alewife Brook Parkway and Cambridgepark West in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a local intermodal transportation hub. It is the northern terminus of the MBTA's Red Line, and a bus terminal for several local routes. It opened on March 30, 1985.
  5. Alewife was a cache coherent multiprocessor developed in the early 1990s by a group led by Anant Agarwal at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ...
  6. A woman who keeps an alehouse
  7. One of the most popular members of the herring family, the alewife is anadromous (it spawns in fresh water). This fish provides high-fat flesh with a fine, soft, texture.
  8. by Tom Marcais - Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 11:58 AM
  9. female Inn or Alehouse Keeper.