🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

farinha de peixe

Pronunciation / Transliteration: faˈɾiɲɐ dʒi ˈpeʃi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fishmeal/ˈfɪʃ.miːl/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A ração para animais continha alta porcentagem de farinha de peixe."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A coarse meal made from whole fish or fish cuttings, commonly used as a high-protein supplement in agricultural livestock feed and aquaculture.

    "The commercial poultry farm enriched its feed mixtures with fishmeal to enhance the growth rate and health of the birds."
  2. 2

    An organic fertilizer derived from processed and ground fish waste, utilized to enrich garden and crop soils with essential nitrogen and phosphorus.

    "Organic gardeners often spread fishmeal around vegetable roots to provide a slow-release nutrient boost."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English word 'fisc' (fish) and 'mæl' or Old Norse 'melr' relating to ground substance, evolving by the 19th century to describe coarse powder made from whole fish or fish trimmings used primarily as high-protein animal feed or fertilizer.

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