menhaden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.

/mɛn.heɪ.d(ə)n/

menhaden menhadens menhadden manhaden

From Narragansett munnawhatteaug (“they fertilize”), influenced by poghaden.

bunker mossbanker mossbunker mossyback pauhagen poghaden

menhaden oil

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