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Menhaden

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Noun

1. brevoortia tyrannis, menhaden

shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer

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Menhaden

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noun plural -den
a marine North American fish, Brevoortia tyrannus: source of fishmeal, fertilizer, and oil: family Clupeidae (herrings, etc)

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Menhaden

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nounWord forms: plural menˈhaden or menˈhadens
any of a genus (Brevoortia) of clupeid fishes of the W Atlantic, used for bait or for making oil and fertilizer

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Menhaden

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n. pl. menhaden or men·ha·dens
Any of several fishes of the genus Brevoortia, especially B. tyrannus of North American Atlantic waters, used as a source of fish oil, fishmeal, fertilizer, and bait. Also called pogy.

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