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Meaning of 'menhaden' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.