shad
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
Types & categories
- fish hypernym
Parts & wholes
- common American shad part holonym
Sense 2 noun
herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
Types & categories
- food fish hypernym
- clupeid fish hypernym
- common American shad hyponym
- river shad hyponym
- allice shad hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Alosa member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | common American shad |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fish |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Alosa |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | food fish |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | clupeid fish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | common American shad |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | river shad |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | allice shad |