1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: menhaden \men*ha"den\, n. (Zool.) An American marine fish ({Brevoortia tyrannus}) of the Herring family ({Clupeidae}), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also {mossbunker}, {bony fish}, {chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead}, {whitefish}, etc. [1913 Webster]
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