A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.

a small silver-colored fish that is not native to Lake Erie.

flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

Alewife Station, located at the intersection of Alewife Brook Parkway and Cambridgepark Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, (11 Cambridgepark Dr, Cambridge, MA 02140) is a local intermodal transportation hub. It is the northern terminus of the MBTA's Red Line, and a bus terminal for several local routes. It opened on March 30, 1985.

A woman who keeps an alehouse.