1. alewife

noun. ['ˈeɪlˌwaɪf'] shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus.

Rhymes with Alewife

• housewife
• midwife

Sentences with alewife

1. Noun, singular or mass
Resembling alewife, a closely related species, they are either silvery or dark blue in color.

2. alewife

noun. ['ˈeɪlˌwaɪf'] flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams.