Bible Dictionaries
Mattowacca

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mattowacca'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mattowacca.html. 1828.