Hypertext Webster Gateway: "menhaden"
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) 1.7 (wn)
menhaden
n : shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal
and oil and fertilizer [syn: {Brevoortia tyrannis}]
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