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men•ha•den



Pronunciation: (men-hād'n), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -den.
any marine clupeid fish of the genus Brevoortia, esp. 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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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