menhaden
menhaden
Definition
☆ men·ha·den (men hād′'n)
noun pl. -·den or -·dens
any of a genus (Brevoortia) of clupeid fishes of the W Atlantic, used for bait or for making oil and fertilizer
Etymology: < AmInd (Algonquian) name: orig. sense prob. “fertilizer”
menhaden
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- oil: Lipid peroxidation in rat tissue slices: effect of dietary vitamin E, corn oil-lard and menhaden oil.
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