fish meal

or fish·meal

noun

dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.

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Origin of fish meal

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby fish meal

fish in troubled waters, fish joint, fish knife, fish ladder, fish louse, fish meal, fish or cut bait, fish out, fish out of water, fish out of water, a, fish pole
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British Dictionary definitions for fishmeal

fishmeal
/ (ˈfɪʃˌmiːl) /

noun

ground dried fish used as feed for farm animals, as a fertilizer, etc
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