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The Clue

Menhaden (4 letter answer)

The Answer

SHAD

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Notes

The answer SHAD is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.

Related Clues

One of the Alosa
___ roe
Alewife relative
Alewife's kin
Bony fish
Caviar source
Certain herring
Cousin of a herring
Filleted fish
Food fish
Herring kin
Herringlike fish
Herring's cousin
Herring's relative
Kind of roe
Menhaden's cousin
Migrating fish
Relative of an alewife
Roe bestower
Roe producer
A roe source
Roe source
Seafood order
A source of roe
Source of roe
Spawning fish
Deep-bodied herring
Hudson River fish
Kohada, on a sushi menu
Menhaden's look-alike
Fish that can detect ultrasound
Fish usually caught in the winter
The fish in John McPhee's "The Founding Fish"

Definition

SHAD as a noun:

1. bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
2. herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn