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shaft
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shad
shad [ shad ] (plural shads or shad)


noun 
Definition:
 
fish in herring family: a fish similar to herring that spawns upstream in rivers. Native to: northern Atlantic.  Genus Alosa.
[ Old English sceadd. Origin ?]
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