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mattowacca
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mattowacca, n. [Indian name.].
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]
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