brevoortia tyrannis

English Thesaurus

1. shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	clupeid, clupeid fish,
definition	:	any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	brevoortia, genus brevoortia,
definition	:	menhaden (noun.animal)

substance holonym	:	menhaden oil,
definition	:	a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather (noun.substance)