Translingual

Alosa alosa (front) and Alosa fallax

Proper noun

Alosa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – shads.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Alosa alosa - type species. For other species see Shad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Noun

alosa ‎(plural alosas)

1. shad

References

• "alosa" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Anagrams

• saola

Italian

Noun

alosa f ‎(plural alose)

1. shad (fish)

Anagrams

• asola

Latin

Noun

alosa f

1. alausa (Alosa alosa)

Descendants

• Translingual: Alosa

References

• alosa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ALOSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Noun

alosa f ‎(plural alosas)

1. (biochemistry) allose