snakehead
Americannoun
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a turtlehead plant.
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any elongate fish of the family Channidae (or Ophicephalidae), having a large head with a deeply cleft mouth and able to breathe atmospheric oxygen.
noun
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Origin of snakehead
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In Maryland, transporting a snakehead while it is still alive is illegal.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
When he first hooked the historic fish, he thought it was a normal snakehead.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Larry Underwood, 73, who lives near the conservation area, wished the state well in its efforts to keep out the northern snakehead.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
The first northern snakehead found in Missouri was caught in 2019 out of a ditch within the St. Francois River levee system in the Missouri Bootheel region.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
The snakehead, therefore, has similarly accommodated himself to this annual peculiarity in his local habitation by acquiring a special chamber for retaining water to moisten his gills throughout his long deprivation of that prime necessary.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen
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