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menhadens

menhadens is the plural 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 menhadens

alternative formmenhaden

Questions about menhadens

What is menhadens the plural of?
Menhadens is the plural of menhaden.

Words near menhadens in the dictionary

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

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