cabezon

[ kab-uh-zon; Spanish kah-be-sawn ]

noun,plural cab·e·zo·nes [kab-uh-zoh-neyz; Spanish kah-be-saw-nes], /ˈkæb əˌzoʊ neɪz; Spanish ˌkɑ βɛˈsɔ nɛs/, cab·e·zons.
  1. any of several large-headed fishes, especially a sculpin, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, of Pacific coastal waters of North America.

Origin of cabezon

1
First recorded in 1875–80; from Spanish: “big head,” equivalent to cabez(a) “head” (from Vulgar Latin capitia (unattested), derivative of Latin caput “head”) + -on augmentative suffix
  • Also cab·e·zone [kab-uh-zohn, kab-uh-zohn]. /ˈkæb əˌzoʊn, ˌkæb əˈzoʊn/.

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cabezon

cabezone (ˈkæbɪˌzəʊn)

/ (ˈkæbɪzɒn) /


noun
  1. a large food fish, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, of North American Pacific coastal waters, having greenish flesh: family Cottidae (bullheads and sea scorpions)

Origin of cabezon

1
Spanish, from cabeza head, ultimately from Latin caput

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