menhaden

English - Turkish

Definition of menhaden in English Turkish dictionary: ringa balığı; {i} ringa balığı [(Zooloji) ]; Brevoortia tyrannus; yağı çıkarılan ve eti gübre olarak kullanılan ringa cinsinden bir balık; (isim) ringa balığı [zool.]
menhaden oil: ringa yağı

English - English

Definition of menhaden in English English dictionary: Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait; {n} a species of small fish; shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer; or pogy Any of several species of Atlantic coastal fishes (genus Brevoortia of the herring family), used for oil, fish meal (mainly for animal feed), and fertilizer. Menhaden have a deep body, sharp-edged belly, large head, and tooth-edged scales. Adults are about 15 in. (38 cm) long and weigh 1 lb (0.5 kg) or less. Dense schools of menhaden range from Canada to South America. When feeding, they swim with mouth agape and gill openings widespread to strain out plankton; {i} type of fish used for making oil and fertilizer (found of the eastern coast of the USA); An American marine fish of the Herring family (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc; brevoortia
menhaden oil: a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather
The menhaden: marshbanker
The menhaden: marsebanker
The menhaden: bugfish
The menhaden: fatback
The menhaden: whitefish
The menhaden: hardhead
The menhaden: yellowtail
The menhaden: pogy

menhaden

Hyphenation

men·ha·den

menheydın

/menˈhādən/ /mɛnˈheɪdən/

[ men-'hA-d&n, m& ] (noun.) 1792. of Algonquian origin; akin to Narraganset munnawhatteaûg menhaden.

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