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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In Maryland, transporting a snakehead while it is still alive is illegal.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
The previous record-holder, a 19.9-pound snakehead, was caught in 2018.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
On May 19, state workers using a net to catch bait for a youth jug-fishing clinic, pulled a 13-inch northern snakehead out of Duck Creek Conservation Area.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
The northern snakehead is originally from east Asia, where they are a delicacy believed to have healing powers.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Catherine took many long jaunts to gather her herbs—thoroughwort, goldthread, catnip, comfrey, skullcap, pennyroyal, lobelia, peppermint, old-man's-root, snakehead and others of greater or less medicinal value.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
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