Menhaden

/mɛnˈheɪdn/

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Other forms: menhadens

Definitions of menhaden

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

synonyms: Brevoortia tyrannis

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type of:
clupeid, clupeid fish
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

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