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fishmeal

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Ground dried fish, used mainly for livestock feed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The farmer supplemented the grain with fishmeal to increase the protein content of the cattle's diet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From fish + meal.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: fiskemel — ground dried fish
  • Dutch: vismeel — ground dried fish
  • Finnish: kalajauho — ground dried fish
  • Finnish: kalarehu — ground dried fish
  • French: farine de poisson — ground dried fish
  • Greek: ιχθυάλευρο (ichthyálevro) — ground dried fish
  • Italian: farina di pesce — ground dried fish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fiskemel — ground dried fish
  • Polish: mączka rybna — ground dried fish
  • Romanian: făină de pește — ground dried fish