menhaden
/menˈheɪdən/noun
1- a large deep-bodied fish of the herring family, which occurs along the east coast of North America. The oil-rich flesh is used to make fishmeal and fertilizer.油鲱。
1.1
- Genus Brevoortia, family Clupeidae: several species, in particular B. tyrannus.油鲱属, 鲱科：数种, 尤指大西洋油鲱。
词源
late 18th cent.: from Algonquian.