Translingual

Alosa alosa

Proper noun

Alosa alosa f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Clupeidae – the allis shad, a kind of river herring, found in the eastern North Atlantic.

Hypernyms

• (species): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Clupeomorpha - superorder; Clupeiformes - order; Clupeidae - family; Alosinae - subfamily