shad

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(Inglés)

Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
(South-Africa) Any bluefish of species Pomatomus saltatrix.

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Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ʃæd/

Herdado de Middle English

Herdado de Old English

Relativo a gaélico escocés

Relativo a galés

Relativo a noruegués

Relativo a Old Norse

In summary

From Middle English shadde, from Old English sceadd, possibly from Celtic (compare Scottish Gaelic sgadan (“herring”), Welsh ysgadan) or from Scandinavian/North Germanic (compare dialectal Norwegian skadd (“small whitefish”), Old Norse skata (“kind of fish”)), but the order of borrowing is unclear and the ultimate origin of these words is obscure.