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单词 menhaden
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
men•ha•den  (men hādn),USA pronunciation n., pl. -den. 
  1. Fishany marine clupeid fish of the genus Brevoortia, esp. B. tyrannus, resembling a shad but with a more compressed body, common along the eastern coast of the U.S., and used for making oil and fertilizer.
  • Narragansett (English spelling, spelled) munnawhatteaûg, influenced by English dialect, dialectal poghaden; compare pogy1
  • perh. 1635–45, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
menhaden /mɛnˈheɪdən/ n ( pl -den)
  1. a marine North American fish, Brevoortia tyrannus: source of fishmeal, fertilizer, and oil: family Clupeidae (herrings, etc)
Etymology: 18th Century: from Algonquian; probably related to Narragansett munnawhatteaúg fertilizer, menhaden
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