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menhaden

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Narragansett munnawhatteaug (they fertilize), influenced by poghaden.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.
    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.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English menhaden.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmenhɑden/, [ˈme̞nhɑ̝de̞n]
  • Rhymes: -enhɑden
  • Syllabification(key): men‧ha‧den
  • Hyphenation(key): men‧ha‧den

Noun

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menhaden

  1. menhaden (fish)

Declension

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Inflection of menhaden (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of menhaden (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)