gizzard shad

giz·zard shad

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Definition of gizzard shad words

noun gizzard shad a silvery herring, Dorosoma cepedianum, of eastern and central U.S. waters, that has a gizzardlike stomach. 1

before 1810

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An Americanism dating back to 1810-20

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