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shad † 
n. a north American food fish, Alosa sapidissima, of the Atlantic Coast.
- 1774 (1945) They caught . . . forty barrels of fish, which they call chad, and which they sell for four dollars per barrel, of thirty-two gallons. . . .
- 1866 The Shad . . . can barely be classed among the game fish of the country, for they are chiefly taken in "brush fisheries."
- 1962 Shad are caught in the nets when the tide is in.
- 1774 (1945) They caught . . . forty barrels of fish, which they call chad, and which they sell for four dollars per barrel, of thirty-two gallons. . . .