DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
alewife
/'eɪl,waɪf/ · eɪlwaɪf
Alewife has 2 syllables: ale · wife.
ale
01
wife
02
noun. Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus.
noun. Flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams.
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