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Meaning of FLATHEAD

Pronunciation:  'flat`hed

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
  2. [n]  food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
 
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 See Also: family Percophidae, family Platycephalidae, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, Percophidae, Platycephalidae, scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Flat"head`\, a.
    Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced
    by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.
    
  2. \Flat"head`\, n. (Ethnol.)
    A Chinook Indian. See {Chinook}, n., 1.
    
 

 

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