- genus Brevoortia
- nounmenhaden• Syn: ↑Brevoortia• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Clupeidae, ↑family Clupeidae• Member Meronyms: ↑menhaden, ↑Brevoortia tyrannis
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genus Brevoortia
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Brevoortia — n. a genus of fishes consisting of the menhaden. Syn: genus {Brevoortia}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brevoortia — noun menhaden • Syn: ↑genus Brevoortia • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Clupeidae, ↑family Clupeidae • Member Meronyms: ↑menh … Useful english dictionary
Brevoortia tyrannis — noun shad like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer • Syn: ↑menhaden • Hypernyms: ↑clupeid fish, ↑clupeid • Member Holonyms: ↑Brevoortia, ↑genus Brevoortia … Useful english dictionary
fish genus — noun any of various genus of fish • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Cyprinus, ↑genus Cyprinus, ↑Abramis, ↑genus Abramis, ↑Tinca, ↑genus Tinca, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Menhaden — Pogy redirects here. For the United States Navy submarines of that name, see USS Pogy. For U.S. Navy ships named Menhaden, see USS Menhaden. Menhaden, also known as mossbunker, bunker and pogy, are forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and… … Wikipedia
Gulf menhaden — Taxobox | name = Gulf Menhaden image width = 240px image caption = Gulf Menhaden ( Brevoortia patronus ), captured in Galveston Bay, TX regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Clupeiformes familia = Clupeidae genus =… … Wikipedia
Atlantic menhaden — Taxobox | name = Atlantic Menhaden image width = 240px image caption = Atlantic Menhaden ( Brevoortia tyrannus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Clupeiformes familia = Clupeidae genus = Brevoortia species = B.… … Wikipedia
menhaden — /men hayd n/, n., pl. menhaden. any marine clupeid fish of the genus Brevoortia, esp. B. tyrannus, resembling a shad but with a more compressed body, common along the eastern coast of the U.S., and used for making oil and fertilizer. [1635 45,… … Universalium
Clupeidae — noun herrings; shad; sardines; etc. • Syn: ↑family Clupeidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Isospondyli, ↑order Isospondyli • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
family Clupeidae — noun herrings; shad; sardines; etc. • Syn: ↑Clupeidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Isospondyli, ↑order Isospondyli • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
