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Definition of Menhaden

1. Noun. Shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer.

Definition of Menhaden

1. n. An American marine fish of the Herring family (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.

Definition of Menhaden

1. Noun. Any of several species of fish in the genera ''Brevoortia'' and ''Ethmidium'', used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Menhaden

1. a marine fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Menhaden

1. An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilisers. Synonym: mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Menhaden

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Italian—Olio di menhaden. For table of constants see p. 655. menhaden oil is an American fish oil, and, like other fish oils, is prepared from the body of ..."

2. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"Where the menhaden come from in early summer and where they go in autumn are unsolved questions. They begin to run in the spring at the Gulf of Mexico, ..."

3. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"During the twenty years following 1870 the menhaden fishery expanded most ... In 1880 the most important center of the menhaden industry was in the region ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"A STUDY OF THE POPULAR NAMES OF THE menhaden. ... The name "menhaden" is exclusively applied in Southern Massachusetts, the Vineyard sound, Buzzard's bay ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"In abundance and value these are all surpassed by the menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe ... The menhaden has at least thirty distinct popular names, ..."

6. The Published Writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882 by George Brown Goode (1883)
"A history of the menhaden. By G. Brown Goode, cura- tor of United States National Museum ; with on account of the agricultural uses of fishes, by Prof. ..."

7. Report on the Fertilizer Industry: August 19, 1916 by United States Federal Trade Commission (1916)
"A considerable quantity of foreign fish guano and whale guano is imported into the United States from Europe, especially when the menhaden catch on the ..."

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