Mattowacca

Mat`to`wac´ca


n.1.(Zool.) 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, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.