menhaden

2 definitions found

menhaden - 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.
     [1913 Webster]

menhaden - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  menhaden
      n 1: shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal
           and oil and fertilizer [syn: menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannis
           ]