Menhaden

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several species of fish of the genus Brevoortia, especially B. tyrannus of American Atlantic and Gulf waters, used as a source of fish oil, fertilizer, and bait. Also called mossbunker, pogy.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A clupeoid fish, Brevoortia tyrannus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    clupeid    clupeid fish   
    Variant
    mossbunker    bony fish    chebog    pogy    hardhead   
    Form
    menhaden oil   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aden    Baden    Braden    Hayden    Kaden   
     
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