menhaden
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Narragansett munnawhatteaug (“they fertilize”), influenced by poghaden.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]menhaden (plural menhaden or menhadens)
- Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.
- Synonyms: (US regional) bunker, mossbanker, mossbunker, (obsolete) mossyback, pauhagen, poghaden
- 1970, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum: Biological sciences, Florida State Museum:
- Divergence of the largescaled menhadens from the small-scaled menhadens resulted either from geographic isolation or different habitat preferences.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]fish of the genera Brevoortia or Ethmidium
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]menhaden
- menhaden (fish)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of menhaden (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | menhaden | menhadenit | ||
genitive | menhadenin | menhadenien menhadeneiden menhadeneitten | ||
partitive | menhadenia | menhadeneita menhadeneja | ||
illative | menhadeniin | menhadeneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | menhaden | menhadenit | ||
accusative | nom. | menhaden | menhadenit | |
gen. | menhadenin | |||
genitive | menhadenin | menhadenien menhadeneiden menhadeneitten | ||
partitive | menhadenia | menhadeneita menhadeneja | ||
inessive | menhadenissa | menhadeneissa | ||
elative | menhadenista | menhadeneista | ||
illative | menhadeniin | menhadeneihin | ||
adessive | menhadenilla | menhadeneilla | ||
ablative | menhadenilta | menhadeneilta | ||
allative | menhadenille | menhadeneille | ||
essive | menhadenina | menhadeneina | ||
translative | menhadeniksi | menhadeneiksi | ||
abessive | menhadenitta | menhadeneitta | ||
instructive | — | menhadenein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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