Menhaden Definition

mĕn-hādn
menhadens
noun
Any of a genus (Brevoortia) of clupeid fishes of the W Atlantic, used for bait or for making oil and fertilizer.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Brevoortia tyrannis

Other Word Forms of Menhaden

Noun

Singular:
menhaden
Plural:
menhadens

Origin of Menhaden

  • Probably blend of Narragansett munnawhatteaûg a herring-like fish (akin to munnohquohteau he enriches the land) (from its use as a fertilizer) American English dialectal (New England) poghaden menhaden (probably of Algonquian origin)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Narragansett munnawhatteaug (“they fertilize"), influenced by poghaden.

    From Wiktionary

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