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menhaden
CIDE DICTIONARY
menhaden, 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
menhaden, n. any large herring-like fish of the genus Brevoortia, of the E. coast of N. America, yielding valuable oil and used for manure.
Etymology
Algonquian: cf. Narragansett munnawhattea{ucirc}g
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