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mattowacca

mattowacca


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mattowacca  \Mat`to*wac"ca\,  n.  [Indian  name.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}.