flathead
noun
Simple meaning
A screw with a top that sinks into the surface.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈflæthɛd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
Any fish in the family Platycephalidae.
Pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
only "flatheads" as plural
A type of screw or bolt designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface.
Food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
Their Salishan language.
usinformal
A large freshwater catfish native to North America, Pylodictis olivaris.
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