alewife

英 ['eɪlwaɪf]美 ['el,waɪf]

n. 开酒馆的女人， 啤酒店的女主人；拟西鲱，大肚鲱 [鱼]

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alewife (n.)

herring-like fish of North America, 1630s, named from the word for female tavern keepers (late 14c.), from ale + wife; the fish so called in reference to its large abdomen.

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