Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 71 compound words that contain shad. The most common are listed below. Open shad in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- gizzard shadAny of several species of shad-like fish of Indo-Pacific waters, principally in subfamily Dorosomatinae of the herring family Clupeidae.
- allis shadA herring-like fish (Alosa alosa), of the eastern Atlantic that migrates to fresh water to spawn.
- twaite shadA fish in the herring family Clupeidae, Alosa fallax, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
- dotted gizzard shadA species of fish (Konosirus punctatus) native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs along the Asian coastline.
- American shadAlosa sapidissima, an anadromous clupeid fish naturally distributed on the North American coast of the North Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Florida, and as an introduced species on the North Pacific coast.
- hickory shadAlosa mediocris, a kind of herring.
- twait shadAlternative form of twaite shad: A fish in the herring family Clupeidae, Alosa fallax, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
- shad cabShadow Cabinet.
- Reeves' shadA fish, Tenualosa reevesii.
- shad frogAn American spotted frog (Lithobates pipiens and Lithobates sphenocephalus).
- shad frogsplural of shad frog: An American spotted frog (Lithobates pipiens and Lithobates sphenocephalus).
- shad-waiterA lake whitefish; the roundfish (Prosopium cylindraceum).
- shad-waitersplural of shad-waiter: A lake whitefish; the roundfish (Prosopium cylindraceum).
- shad-belliedHaving a flat belly; not potbellied.
- allice shadAlternative spelling of allis shad: A herring-like fish (Alosa alosa), of the eastern Atlantic that migrates to fresh water to spawn.
- shad-spiritThe shadbird.
- shad-spiritsplural of shad-spirit: The shadbird.
Compound words 71
- shadbellyAn old-fashioned formal dress coat sometimes worn in equestrian circles.
- shadberrySynonym of shadbush (“plant in the genus Amelanchier”).
- shadbushAny plant in the genus Amelanchier.
- shadflowerAny plant of species Draba verna (common whitlowgrass), in the cabbage family .
- shadflymayfly
- shadbirdThe American snipe; Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata).
- shadowsplural of shadow: A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- shadowedsimple past and past participle of shadow
- shadersplural of shader: One who, or that which, shades.
- ShadrachHananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.