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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