| NOUN | animal | menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannis | shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish ... / fish meal and oil and fertilizer |
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| Sounds | mehnhhey'dahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish ... / fish meal and oil and fertilizer. | |
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| Synonym | Brevoortia tyrannis | |
| Member of | Brevoortia, genus Brevoortia | menhaden |
| Broader | clupeid fish, clupeid | Any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas |
| Substances | menhaden oil | A fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather |
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