MENHADEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does menhaden mean? 

• MENHADEN (noun)
  The noun MENHADEN has 1 sense:

1. shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer

  Familiarity information: MENHADEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENHADEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Brevoortia tyrannis; menhaden

Hypernyms ("menhaden" is a kind of...):

clupeid; clupeid fish (any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas)

Meronyms (substance of "menhaden"):

menhaden oil (a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather)

Holonyms ("menhaden" is a member of...):

Brevoortia; genus Brevoortia (menhaden)

 Context examples 

Menhaden oil is used industrially in paint production and the tanning of leather as was as in livestock feeds.

(Menhaden Oil, NCI Thesaurus)