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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MATTOWACCA

Mat `to *wac "ca, n. Etym: [Indian name. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.