Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mossbunker"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mossbanker \Moss"bank`er\, Mossbunker \Moss"bunk`er\, n.
(Zo["o]l.)
The menhaded.

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.


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