flathead
/ˈflætˌhɛd/
flathead noun: any fish in the family Platycephalidae. Also the ellipsis of flathead catfish.
Noun (1)
flathead (plural flatheads or flathead)
- Any fish in the family Platycephalidae.
- A type of screw or bolt designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface.
- Synonym of side valve.
- Synonyms:
- side valve
Noun (2) capitalized: Flathead
Flathead (plural Flatheads)
- One of the Salish people of Washington state and British Columbia.
Proper noun capitalized: Flathead
Flathead
- Their Salishan language.
- Synonyms:
- Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille
Also used as
flathead is also the ellipsis of flathead catfish.
flathead meaning in Tagalog
flathead in Tagalog
- fish
- lubalob, isdambuwaya
Synonyms of flathead
Forms of flathead
| plural | flatheads |
|---|---|
| plural | flathead |
| plural | Flatheads |
Origin of flathead
From flat + head.
From flat + head, from the practice of compressing the skull in infancy by artificial means. However, the Salish tribe never practised this custom, the confusion arising from the fact that the early traders felt compelled to adopt the local Indian classification, which considered the prevailing compressed skull of the neighbouring tribes as pointed and the naturally shaped Salish skull by contrast as flat.
Words formed from flathead
- Flathead County
- bartailed flathead
- bartail flathead
- bigscale flathead
- bigtooth flathead
- blackbanded flathead
- bluespotted flathead
- Brazilian flathead
- broadband flathead
- broadhead flathead
- brownmargin flathead (Cociella hutchinsi
- crocodile flathead
- de Beaufort's flathead
- deepsea flathead
- deepwater flathead
- deep-water flathead
- dusky flathead
- dwarf flathead
- flathead catfish
- flathead grey mullet
- flathead mullet
- flathead screwdriver
- freespine flathead
- fringe-eye flathead
- fringelip flathead
- ghost flathead
- giant flathead
- greenspotted flathead
- half-spined flathead
- Harris' flathead
- longfin flathead)
- longhead flathead
- longspine flathead
- Madagascar flathead
- marbled flathead
- McGrouther's flathead
- midget flathead
- mud flathead
- New Zealand flathead
- northern sand flathead
- notched flathead
- olive-tail flathead
- orangefreckled flathead
- papillose flathead
- rock flathead
- rosy flathead
- rusty flathead
- Sainsbury's flathead
- serrate flathead
- shortsnout flathead
- smalleye flathead
- South African thorny flathead
- southern bluespotted flathead
- southern sand flathead
- spiny flathead
- spotted flathead
- Steindachner's flathead
- tentacled flathead
- thorny flathead
- tiger flathead
Phrases with flathead
Questions about flathead
- What does flathead mean?
- Flathead means any fish in the family Platycephalidae.
- What is flathead in Tagalog?
- Flathead in Tagalog is lubalob, isdambuwaya. See Flathead meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is flathead?
- Flathead can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce flathead?
- Flathead is pronounced /ˈflætˌhɛd/ (US).
- What is the plural of flathead?
- The plural of flathead is flatheads.
Words near flathead in the dictionary
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