- menhaden oil
- nouna fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather• Hypernyms: ↑animal oil• Substance Holonyms: ↑menhaden, ↑Brevoortia tyrannis
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menhaden — ☆ menhaden [men hād′ n ] n. pl. menhaden or menhadens [< AmInd (Algonquian) name: orig. sense prob. “fertilizer”] any of a genus (Brevoortia) of clupeid fishes of the W Atlantic, used for bait or for making oil and fertilizer … English World dictionary
menhaden — men*ha den, n. (Zo[ o]l.) An American marine fish ({Brevoortia tyrannus}) of the Herring family ({Clupeidae}), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; called also {mossbunker}, {bony fish}, {chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
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
menhaden — noun (plural den; also dens) Etymology: of Algonquian origin; akin to Narragansett munnawhatteaûg menhaden Date: 1765 a marine fish (Brevoortia tyrannus) of the herring family abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States where it is… … New Collegiate Dictionary
menhaden — /mɛnˈheɪdn/ (say men haydn) noun (plural menhaden) any marine clupeoid fish of the genus Brevoortia, especially B. tyrannus, having the appearance of a shad but with a more compressed body, common along the eastern coast of the US, and used for… …
menhaden — noun Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait … Wiktionary
menhaden — men heɪdn n. type of fish used for making oil and fertilizer (found of the eastern coast of the USA) … English contemporary dictionary
menhaden — men•ha•den [[t]mɛnˈheɪd n[/t]] n. pl. den ich a herringlike W Atlantic fish, Brevoortia tyrannus: important as a source of oil and fertilizer • Etymology: 1785–95, amer.; perh. < Narragansett (E sp.) munnawhatteaûg … From formal English to slang
menhaden — n. any large herring like fish of the genus Brevoortia, of the E. coast of N. America, yielding valuable oil and used for manure. Etymology: Algonquian: cf. Narragansett munnawhatteaucircg … Useful english dictionary
