alewife
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Definition of alewife
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: a woman who keeps an alehouse
alewife
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Definition of alewife (Entry 2 of 2)
: a food fish (Alosa pseudoharengus) of the herring family that is very abundant along the Atlantic coast also : any of several related fishes (such as the menhaden)
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