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Definition of Horsehead
1. Noun. Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies.
Generic synonyms: Carangid, Carangid Fish
Specialized synonyms: Lookdown, Lookdown Fish, Selene Vomer
Definition of Horsehead
1. n. The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).
Definition of Horsehead
1. Noun. A pump for pumping oil from an oil well. ¹
2. Noun. A steel girder supporting the roof of a mine tunnel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Horsehead
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Horsehead
Literary usage of Horsehead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program: Technology Profiles (1993)
"... horsehead RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CO., INC. (Flame Reactor) TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION:
The flame reactor system (see figure below) is a patented, ..."
2. Mormon Settlement in Arizona; a Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock (1921)
"Holbrook Once Was horsehead Crossing Holbrook, on the Little Colorado, county
seat of Navajo County, shipping point on the Santa Fe railroad system for ..."
3. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... at the middle of the public road leading from the horsehead road to Kenton at
the point of intersection of Kenton Hundred and East Dover Hundred, ..."
4. Second Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of the Middle and Southern by Richard Owen (1860)
"The coal here, twenty inches thick (the same thickness as at the other openings
of horsehead Creek) is better than at Mr. ..."
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