How many syllables in Shad
Word
Shad
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
shad
Definition
- n. sing. & pl. - Any one of several species of food fishes of the
Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is
abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring
to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or
alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important
species.
- noun - Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
- noun - Herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
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