Shad

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æd

Origin

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

Full definition of shad

Noun

1. Any one of several species of food fishes that comprise the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; .

Anagrams

• dahs, dash, Sadh