Shad Definition

shăd
shads
noun
Any of various marine or freshwater clupeid fishes.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Shad

Noun

Singular:
shad
Plural:
shads

Origin of Shad

  • From Old English sceadd, either from Celtic (see Irish Gaelic sgadan (“herring"), Welsh ysgadan) or from Scandinavian (see dialectical Norwegian skadd (“small whitefish")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English schad from Old English sceadd

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Shad Sentence Examples

  • The sprat, pilchard or sardine and shad are species of the same genus.

  • Here begins the mosque of Gauhar Shad.'

  • Next in importance were the catches of menhaden, shad, clams, squeteague and alewives; while minor catches were made of crabs, croaker, bluefish, butterfish, catfish, perch and spotted and striped bass.

  • The State Geological and Economic Survey has made a careful study of the fishes of North Carolina, of the shad fisheries, of oyster culture, and of the development of terrapin.

  • The following table of the Shad Ayyub (both generals in the army of the Atabegs of Mosul).

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Words Starting With

SSHSHA

Words Ending With

DADHAD

Unscrambles

shad

Words Starting With S and Ending With D

Starts With S & Ends With DStarts With SH & Ends With DStarts With S & Ends With AD

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With S4 Letter Words Ending With D