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flathead
[ flat-hed ]
/ ˈflætˌhɛd /
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noun, plural (especially collectively) flat·head, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) flat·heads.
any of several scorpaenoid fishes of the family Platycephalidae, chiefly inhabiting waters of the Indo-Pacific region and used for food.
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flat head
noun
a flat screw head.
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Flathead1
[ flat-hed ]
/ ˈflætˌhɛd /
noun
a member of a tribe of Salishan Indians of northwest Montana.
a Chinook Indian.
Origin of Flathead
1First recorded in 1530–40; so called from their supposed practice of flattening their children's heads
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Flathead2
[ flat-hed ]
/ ˈflætˌhɛd /
noun
a river in SE British Columbia and NW Montana, flowing S to Flathead Lake and S and W to the Clark Fork River. 240 miles (385 km) long.
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flathead
/ (ˈflætˌhɛd) /
noun plural -head or -heads
any Pacific scorpaenoid food fish of the family Platycephalidae, which resemble gurnards
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