pauhaugen local U.S.
(pɒˈhɔːgən)
Also pauhagen, poghaden, pohagan, pookagan, etc.
[Abnaki (dial. of Algonkin) pukangané (Rasles).]
Local name of the menhaden, a N. American fish.
| 1860 Bartlett Dict. Amer. s.v. Menhaden, Also known by the names Bony-fish, White-fish, Hardhead, Mossbonker, and Pauhagen. Ibid., Pohagen, or Pauhagen. 1864 Webster, Pauhaugen. 1890 Century Dict., Poghaden..the menhaden. Also pauhagen. |