menhaden

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.
    — Divergence of the largescaled menhadens from the small-scaled menhadens resulted either from geographic isolation or different habitat preferences.

词形变化

menhaden plural menhadens plural menhadden alternative manhaden alternative

词源

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