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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name sometimes given to the menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, because a parasitic isopod crustacean, Cymothoa prægustator, is frequently found adhering to the roof of its mouth. See cut under Brevoortia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.), U.S. The menhaden.

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  • noun US The menhaden.

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