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menhaden
[ men-heyd-n ]
noun
- 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.
menhaden
/ mɛnˈheɪdən /
noun
- a marine North American fish, Brevoortia tyrannus: source of fishmeal, fertilizer, and oil: family Clupeidae (herrings, etc)
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Origin of menhaden1
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Menhaden fish, found near the surface of the water, are inedible but are now being used for making fertilizer and oil in Virginia.
Menhaden have been seen floating at the surface which have been cut nearly in twain by a blow of a sword.
When fishing for these in the swift tideways, menhaden bait is used.
Salted menhaden and the refuse from scallops are ground up together, forming a mass of about the consistency of thick molasses.
By the end of the Civil War the menhaden catch along the coast of Maine was beginning to drop off.
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