brevoortia tyrannus

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brevoortia tyrannus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  menhaden \men*ha"den\, n. (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.
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