单词 | menhaden |
释义 | menhaden /men hayd"n/, n. , pl. menhaden. any 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. [1635-45, Amer.; perh. < Narragansett (E sp.) munnawhatteaûg, influenced by E dial. poghaden; cf. POGY1] |
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