flathead

[ flat-hed ]

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.

Origin of flathead

First recorded in 1825–35; flat¹ + head

Words Nearby flathead

Other definitions for flat head (2 of 4)

flat head

noun

a flat screw head.

Other definitions for Flathead (3 of 4)

Flathead¹

[ flat-hed ]

noun

Also called Bit·ter·root Sa·lish [bit-er-root sey-lish] /ˈbɪt ər rut ˈseɪ lɪʃ/ . a member of an Indigenous people of northwest Montana.
a member of a confederated nation of Salish and Kootenay peoples, established in 1855 and located in northwest Montana.

a member of the Chinook people.

adjective

of or relating to any of the peoples historically known as Flathead or to their languages.

Origin of Flathead

First recorded in 1530–40; so called from their supposed practice of binding infants' heads to create a longer, flatter skull shape; the peoples currently known as Flatheads did not engage in this custom

Other definitions for Flathead (4 of 4)

Flathead²

[ flat-hed ]

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.

How to use flathead in a sentence

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The biggest parade in the flathead was back after a pandemic hiatus, with a new sponsor promising a reinvigorated celebration and a charitable cause everyone could rally around, the local veterans food pantry.
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I dern near bust my head open jest thinkin' up ways to make the flathead see.
In the Arena | Booth Tarkington
Again we were near the flathead, and beyond it lay the blue and purple of the Kootenai Hills.
Tenting To-night | Mary Roberts Rinehart
It turned the flathead beside us to golden glory, and transformed the evergreen thickets into fairy glades of light and shadow.
Tenting To-night | Mary Roberts Rinehart

The flathead Indian is deformed in babyhood by being compressed between boards until the head changes its shape.
What a Young Woman Ought to Know | Mary Wood-Allen
However, minke whales have a flathead in front of their two blow holes and are black to dark gray on the back.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic | Stephen Leatherwood

British Dictionary definitions for flathead

flathead

/ (ˈflætˌhɛd) /

nounplural -head or -heads

any Pacific scorpaenoid food fish of the family Platycephalidae, which resemble gurnards

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