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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Menhaden  \Men*ha"den\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  American  marine  fish  of  the  Herring  familt  ({Brevoortia 
  tyrannus}),  chiefly  valuable  for  its  oil  and  as  a  component 
  of  fertilizers;  --  called  also  {mossbunker},  {bony  fish}, 
  {chebog},  {pogy},  {hardhead},  {whitefish},  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  menhaden 
  n  :  shad-like  North  American  marine  fishes  used  for  fish  meal 
  and  oil  and  fertilizer  [syn:  {Brevoortia  tyrannis}] 

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