The 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.
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