Alosa

Alosa

See also: alosa

Translingual

Alosa alosa (front) and Alosa fallax

Etymology

From Latin alōsa (“allis shad”).

Proper noun

Alosa f

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Clupeomorpha - superorder; Clupeiformes - order; Clupeidae - family; Alosinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

• Caspialosa
• Fluvialosa
• Gonialosa
• Nematalosa
• Potamalosa
• Signalosa
• Tenualosa

References

• Shad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons