Alewife

A woman who keeps an alehouse.

A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.

shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus

flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams