flathead Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
  2. noun pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout

WordNet


Flat"head` adjective
Definitions
  1. Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.
Flat"head` noun
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1.

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