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1. (n.) menhaden
a herringlike W Atlantic fish, Brevoortia tyrannus: important as a source of oil and fertilizer.
Etymology: (1785–95, Amer.; perh. < Narragansett (E sp.) munnawhatteaûg)
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1. (noun) menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannis
shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer
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1. (noun) menhaden
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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