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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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