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menhaden

men.ha.den \men-'ha-d-*n, m*n-\ n or menhaden also menhadens [of Algonquian 
   origin; prob. akin to Narraganset munnawhatteau^g menhade] pl n : a marine 
   fish (Brevoortia tyrannus) of the herring family abundant  along the 
   Atlantic coast of the U.S. where it is used for bait or converted into oil 
   and fertilizer