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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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