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Hickory
Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species. [Written also chad.] Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard), called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and winter shad. Hardboaded, or Yellow-tailed, shad, the menhaden. Hickory, or Tailor, shad, the mattowacca. Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus Gerres. Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier (A. Canadensis, and A. alnifolia) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry. Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. Trout shad, the squeteague. White shad, the common shad.
Hickory
Hickory Hick"o*ry, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts. ``Pohickory' is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to ``hickory.' --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.) An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. Hickory shad. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.

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- Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus Carya, which includes 19 species accepted by Plants of the World Online. Seven species are native...
- Hickory Hills, Morgan County, Alabama Hickory Hills, Georgia Hickory Hills, Illinois - two locations: Hickory Hills, Illinois, in Cook County Hickory...
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- Look up hickory, Carya, or hickory nut in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hickory is a type of tree (Carya species) found in North America and East Asia...
- Old Hickory may refer to: Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), seventh president of the United States 30th Infantry Division (United States) a unit of the Army...
- Hickory Hill may refer to several places: (by state) Hickory Hill, Arkansas Hickory Hill, Florida Hickory Hill (Thomson, Georgia), listed on the NRHP...
- Hickory Ridge may refer to several places in the United States: Hickory Ridge, Alabama Hickory Ridge, Arkansas Hickory Ridge, Delaware Hickory Ridge, Illinois...
- Hickory (also, Hickory Grove) is a census-designated place in Graves County, Kentucky, United States., which is located north of Mayfield and 18 miles...
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