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Alewife vs Blueback - What's the difference?

alewife | blueback |

As nouns the difference between alewife and blueback

is that alewife is (archaic) a woman who keeps an alehouse or alewife can be a north american fish, , of the herring family while blueback is any of several fish.

alewife

English

Etymology 1

(ale) + (wife)

Noun

(alewives)
  • (archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.

    • Etymology 2

    . Possibly from (aloof), the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, “Phil Trans.” No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam’s “Memoirs,” vol. ii. p. 131. Possibly from , influenced by Etymology 1 due to large belly of the fish.

    Noun

    (alewives)
  • A North American fish, , of the herring family.
  • A migrating North American fish, .
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  • Any of several species similar in appearance.
    • Synonyms
    * (Clupea vernalis) (branch herring), (ellwhop), (ellwife)
    Derived terms
    * Alewife Brook

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Clupea) * (Alosa pseudoharengus) * (Alosa pseudoharengus)

    blueback

    English

    (wikipedia blueback)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several fish
  • # A lake trout,
  • # A salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka
  • # A herring, , similar to the alewife