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plural menhaden or menhadens
Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait. quotations examples
Divergence of the largescaled menhadens from the small-scaled menhadens resulted either from geographic isolation or different habitat preferences.
1970, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum: Biological sciences, Florida State Museum