Definitions
herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Each river had its village and its iron bridge that the train crossed with a blast of its whistle, and the girls bathing in the icy water leaped like shad as it passed, unsettling travelers with their fleeting breasts.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“migrating food fish”4 letters
02“Herring-like fish”4 letters
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