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menhaden|mɛnˈheɪdən|
Also manhad(d)en.
[Corrupted or cognate form of Narragansett Indian munnawhatteaûg, ‘a fish somewhat like a herring’ (R. Williams Key Lang. America, 1643).
The fish was used by the Indians for manure, and the name seems to be connected with the vb. munnohquohteau, (Eliot's Indian Bible) ‘he enriches the land, fertilizes’.]
A fish of the herring family, Brevoortia tyrannus, common on the east coasts of the United States; it is much used for manure and produces a valuable oil.
1792Descr. Kentucky 42 In 1787 were exported Barrels of manhadden 236. 1792Hommedieu in Proc. Amer. Assoc. (1880) XXVIII. 436 note, The fish called menhaden or mosbankers. 1880Goode (title) in Rep. 28th Meeting Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 425 A Short Biography of the Menhaden.
b. attrib. as menhaden fishery, menhaden oil.
1883C. A. Moloney W. Afr. Fisheries 64 (Fish. Exhib. Publ.) The American menhaden fisheries. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 202 Menhaden oil, used in currying leather.
Hence menˈhadener, a steamer engaged in fishing for menhaden.
1905E. Marshall Middle Wall 447. |