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Definition of Flathead
1. Noun. Food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards.
Generic synonyms: Scorpaenoid, Scorpaenoid Fish
Group relationships: Family Platycephalidae, Platycephalidae
Group relationships: Family Platycephalidae, Platycephalidae
2. Noun. Pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout.
Generic synonyms: Percoid, Percoid Fish, Percoidean
Group relationships: Family Percophidae, Percophidae
Group relationships: Family Percophidae, Percophidae
Definition of Flathead
1. a. Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.
2. n. A Chinook Indian. See Chinook,
Definition of Flathead
1. a marine food fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Flathead
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