alewife vs alewife

alewife and alewife both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alewife	Yes	No	No	No
alewife	Yes	No	No	No

alewife (noun)	alewife (noun)
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus	shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams	flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams