MENHADEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does menhaden mean? • MENHADEN (noun)
The noun MENHADEN has 1 sense:
1. shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer
Familiarity information: MENHADEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MENHADEN (noun)
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 ("menhaden" is a kind of...):
clupeid; clupeid fish (any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas)
Meronyms (substance of "menhaden"):
menhaden oil (a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather)
Holonyms ("menhaden" is a member of...):
Brevoortia; genus Brevoortia (menhaden)
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