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flathead
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flathead has 2 senses
- flathead(n = noun.animal) Array - food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards; Array is a kind of scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish
- flathead(n = noun.animal) Array - pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout; Array is a kind of percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
is a member of family platycephalidae, platycephalidae
is a member of family percophidae, percophidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
flathead, a.
Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians. [1913 Webster]
flathead, n.
A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n. , 1. [1913 Webster]
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