Menhaden
Pronunciation : Men*ha"den
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.
(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913