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menhaden |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Menhaden \Men*ha"den\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American marine fish of the Herring familt ({Brevoortia tyrannus}), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also {mossbunker}, {bony fish}, {chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead}, {whitefish}, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: menhaden n : shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer [syn: {Brevoortia tyrannis}]
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