Definition of menhaden Menhaden
/mɛnhejˈdʌn/ - [menheydun] - men•ha•den
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What does menhaden mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: menhadens |
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| menhaden - shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer | ||
| Brevoortia tyrannis | ||
| clupeid, clupeid fish any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas | ||
| brevoortia, genus brevoortia menhaden | ||
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Wiktionary 
- menhaden (Noun)
Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- menhaden (n.)
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.
