menhaden
English
Wikispecies
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- menhadden
Etymology
From Narragansett munnawhatteaug (“they fertilize”), influenced by poghaden.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪdən
Noun
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
- menhaden oil
Translations
fish of the genera Brevoortia or Ethmidium
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Finnish
Etymology
From English menhaden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmenhɑden/, [ˈme̞nhɑde̞n]
- Rhymes: -enhɑden
- Syllabification(key): men‧ha‧den
Noun
menhaden
- menhaden (fish)
Declension
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | menhadenein | |
| abessive | menhadenitta | menhadeneitta | |
| comitative | — | menhadeneineen | |
| Possessive forms of menhaden (type paperi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | menhadenini | menhadenimme |
| 2nd person | menhadenisi | menhadeninne |
| 3rd person | menhadeninsa | |