Menhaden

2 definitions 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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  menhaden
       n : shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal
           and oil and fertilizer [syn: {Brevoortia tyrannis}]