'menhaden' definitions:
Definition of 'menhaden'
From: WordNet
noun
Shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer [syn: menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannis]
Definition of 'menhaden'
From: 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]