[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mattowacca \mat`towac"ca\, n. indian name. zool.
   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.
   1913 webster
see also:
clupea mediocris hickory shad tailor shad fall herring shad herring 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fall \fall\, n.
   1. the act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force
      of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the
      yard of ship.
      1913 webster

   2. the act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,
      he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
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   3. death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
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            they thy fall conspire.               --denham.
      1913 webster

            pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
            before a fall.                        --prov. xvi.
                                                  18.
      1913 webster

   4. downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
      termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
      overthrow; as, the fall of the roman empire.
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            beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --pope.
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   5. the surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall
      of sebastopol.
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   6. diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;
      as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
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   7. a sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at
      the close of a sentence.
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   8. declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
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   9. descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water
      down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
      sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of niagara.
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   10. the discharge of a river or current of water into the
       ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the po
       into the gulf of venice. --addison.
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   11. extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,
       the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
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   12. the season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
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             what crowds of patients the town doctor kills,
             or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
                                                  --dryden.
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   13. that which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy
       fall of snow.
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   14. the act of felling or cutting down. "the fall of timber."
       --johnson.
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   15. lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.
       specifically: the first apostasy; the act of our first
       parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy
       of the rebellious angels.
       1913 webster

   16. formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
       band; a faule. --b. jonson.
       1913 webster

   17. that part as one of the ropes of a tackle to which the
       power is applied in hoisting.
       1913 webster

   fall herring zool., a herring of the atlantic clupea
      mediocris; -- also called tailor herring, and hickory
      shad.

   to try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
fall herring clupea mediocris tailor herring hickory shad to try a fall 

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Define Fall herring : powered by In Dictionary (InDictionary.com)
...... Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but ... a herring of the Atlantic (Clupea mediocris); -- also called tailor ... ..
http://www.indictionary.com/define/Fall_herring, score=100, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 4:32 pm

Alosa mediocris
...... Clupea mediocris Mitchill, 1814; (valid as) Clupea parvula Mitchill, ... Alosa mediocris: Alosa mediocris. Information submitted by bgw2c@ ... ..
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Alosa
...Clupea mediocris Mitchill, 1814; (valid as). Clupea parvula Mitchill, ... Clupea aestivalis Mitchill, 1814; (valid as). Clupea fasciata Lesueur ... ..
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definition of mattowacca
...An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad in ... ..
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MATTOWACCA definition
...zoology> An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to the ... ..
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Mattowacca - definition of Mattowacca by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus ...
...Clupea mediocris. ), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but ... ..
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Mattowacca, score=66, date indexed=December 19, 2005, 5:50 pm

Define tailor shad : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com)
...... Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but ... Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad (Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta ... ..
http://www.indictionary.com/define/tailor_shad, score=38, date indexed=November 12, 2005, 9:13 am

Definition of Tabler - 2Dictionary.com
...n.) An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad ... ..
http://www.2dictionary.com/words/Tabler.html, score=33, date indexed=November 13, 2005, 3:25 pm

mattowacca - meaning and definition of the word.
...n.] An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad ... ..
http://dictionary.blintz.com/dictionary/mattowacca/, score=33, date indexed=December 16, 2005, 2:42 am

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