genus brevoortia

English Thesaurus

1. menhaden (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish genus,
definition	:	any of various genus of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	brevoortia tyrannis, menhaden,
definition	:	shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	clupeidae, family clupeidae,
definition	:	herrings; shad; sardines; etc. (noun.animal)