Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Alose \A"lose\, n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The European shad ({Clupea alosa}); -- called also {allice
   shad} or {allis shad}. The name is sometimes applied to the
   American shad ({Clupea sapidissima}). See {Shad}.