fishmeal

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noun

Ground dried fish, used mainly for livestock feed.

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

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Meanings

nounfishmeal (countable and uncountable, plural fishmeals)

plural fishmeals

  1. countableuncountableGround dried fish, used mainly for livestock feed.

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

Origin

By surface analysis, fish + meal. Cognate with Danish fiskemel, Dutch vismeel, German Fischmehl, Icelandic fiskimjöl, Norwegian Bokmål fiskemel, Norwegian Nynorsk fiskemjøl, and Swedish fiskmjöl.

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Translations

Afrikaans vismeel
  • vismeelground dried fish
Chinese Mandarin 魚粉 /鱼粉
  • 魚粉 /鱼粉 (yúfěn)ground dried fish
Danish fiskemel
  • fiskemelground dried fish
Dutch vismeel
  • vismeelground dried fish
Esperanto fiŝfaruno
  • fiŝfarunoground dried fish
Finnish kalajauho, kalarehu
  • kalajauhoground dried fish
  • kalarehuground dried fish
French farine de poisson
  • farine de poissonground dried fish
German Fischmehl
  • Fischmehlground dried fish
Greek ιχθυάλευρο
  • ιχθυάλευρο (ichthyálevro)ground dried fish
Hungarian halliszt
  • hallisztground dried fish
Icelandic fiskimjöl
  • fiskimjölground dried fish
Italian farina di pesce
  • farina di pesceground dried fish
Japanese 魚粉
  • 魚粉 (gyofun)ground dried fish
Korean 어분
  • 어분 (eobun)ground dried fish
Norwegian Bokmål fiskemel
  • fiskemelground dried fish
Polish mączka rybna
  • mączka rybnaground dried fish
Romanian făină de pește
  • făină de peșteground dried fish
Russian ры́бная мука́
  • ры́бная мука́ (rýbnaja muká)ground dried fish
Swedish fiskmjöl
  • fiskmjölground dried fish

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

femalish
Cite this entry
APA

fishmeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishmeal

MLA

“fishmeal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishmeal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fishmeal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishmeal.

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