fish meal

noun

: ground dried fish and fish waste used as fertilizer and animal food

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Menhaden is valuable for fish oil, fish meal and agricultural food as well as bait. — Danny Bakst, Fortune, 13 July 2025 They’re being processed into fish meal and fish oil, largely for export. — Phil Zalesak, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2025 Doing so will reduce the amount of PCBs in a fish meal by roughly half, the department said in the release. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2026 Fish oil and fish meal, easy to store and transport but requiring much labor in its acquisition and preparation, was an appealing target for raiders. — Literary Hub, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fish meal

Word History

First Known Use

1744, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fish meal was in 1744

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