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Webster 1913 Edition
menhaden
men-ha′den
,Noun.
(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. Webster 1828 Edition
Menhaden
MENHA'DEN
,Noun.