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menhadden

menhadden is the alternative form of menhaden.

Meaning of menhaden

Noun

menhaden (plural menhaden or menhadens)

  1. Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.
    • Divergence of the largescaled menhadens from the small-scaled menhadens resulted either from geographic isolation or different habitat preferences.1970, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum: Biological sciences, Florida State Museum

Forms of menhadden

pluralmenhadden

Questions about menhadden

What is menhadden the alternative form of?
Menhadden is the alternative form of menhaden.

Words near menhadden in the dictionary

  1. Mengtsz
  2. Mengwe
  3. Mengzhou
  4. Mengzi
  5. Mengzian
  6. menhadden
  7. menhaden
  8. menhadens
  9. Menheniot
  10. menhir
  11. menhirs

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