Menhaden (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural men·ha·den.
  1. any marine clupeid fish of the genus Brevoortia, especially B. tyrannus, resembling a shad but with a more compressed body, common along the eastern coast of the U.S., and used for making oil and fertilizer.
noun plural -den
  1. a marine North American fish, Brevoortia tyrannus: source of fishmeal, fertilizer, and oil: family Clupeidae (herrings, etc)
Menhaden (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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