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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alewife/ˈeɪlwʌɪf/

▶noun (pl. alewives) a NW Atlantic fish of the herring family, swimming up rivers to spawn. [Alosa pseudoharengus.]

– origin C17: perh. from earlier alewife ‘woman who keeps an alehouse’, with ref. to the fish's large belly.

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