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English Dictionary: Menhaden by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
menhaden
n
  1. shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer
    Synonym(s): menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Menhaden \Men*ha"den\, n. (Zo[94]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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