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pauhagen

pauhagen noun: menhaden (fish).

Noun

pauhagen

  1. (Northern-US, Southern US) menhaden (fish)

Origin of pauhagen

Related to poghaden; probably ultimately from Abenaki or Penobscot.

Questions about pauhagen

What does pauhagen mean?
Pauhagen means menhaden (fish).
What part of speech is pauhagen?
Pauhagen is a noun.

Words near pauhagen in the dictionary

  1. Paughs
  2. paugie
  3. paugies
  4. paugul
  5. pauguls
  6. pauhagen
  7. paukpan
  8. paul
  9. Paul Allen's flower flies
  10. Paul Allen's flower fly
  11. Paul Bert effect

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