fathead
Americannoun
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“Maybe you’re dealing with a fathead, but you’re dealing with a rich fathead.”
From New York Times ● May 25, 2018
That testing involves students helping to constantly breed fathead minnows and Ceriodaphnia dubia, a species of water flea that is used in testing water quality.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2017
I will probably be the one in the background holding a Popsicle stick fathead of Nayeli.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2014
In a preliminary study at the University of Idaho, fathead minnows were plunked in water spiked with a combination of SSRIs and anticonvulsants—a lab version of American tap water.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2013
It’s just me up here with the fading fathead moon and every screaming seagull from far and wide visiting Lost Cove for a dawn concert.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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