mattowacca

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mattowacca - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mattowacca \Mat`to*wac"ca\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
     An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to
     the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less
     esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad, tailor shad
     , fall herring, and shad herring.
     [1913 Webster]