alewife
/ˈeɪlwaɪf/noun
(pl. alewives /-waɪvz/)
1- a NW Atlantic fish of the herring family, swimming up rivers to spawn.西鲱。
1.1
- Alosa pseudoharengus, family Clupeidae.拉丁名 Alosa pseudoharengus, 鲱科。
词源
mid 17th cent.: possibly from earlier alewife 'woman who keeps an ale house'， with reference to the fish's large belly.