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
Etymology
Origin of snakehead
Example Sentences
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When he first hooked the historic fish, he thought it was a normal snakehead.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
A Dorchester County, Maryland, man broke the record for the heaviest invasive snakehead fish ever caught in the state at a whopping 21 pounds, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced Friday.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
The northern snakehead was caught last month in a drainage pool at Duck Creek Conservation Area.
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 fishplate instead of the frog, and the steel rail in place of the good old snakehead!
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Hubbard, Elbert
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