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BREVOORTIA TYRANNIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Brevoortia tyrannis mean?

• BREVOORTIA TYRANNIS (noun)
The noun BREVOORTIA TYRANNIS has 1 sense:

1. shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer

Familiarity information: BREVOORTIA TYRANNIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BREVOORTIA TYRANNIS (noun)

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Brevoortia tyrannis ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Brevoortia tyrannis; menhaden

Hypernyms ("Brevoortia tyrannis" is a kind of...):

clupeid; clupeid fish (any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas)

Meronyms (substance of "Brevoortia tyrannis"):

menhaden oil (a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather)

Holonyms ("Brevoortia tyrannis" is a member of...):

Brevoortia; genus Brevoortia (menhaden)

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