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cabezon

Sculpin \Scul"pin\, n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.

  2. A large cottoid market fish of California ( Scorp[ae]nichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa.

  3. The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe ( Callionymus lyra).

    Note: The name is also applied to other related California species.

    Deep-water sculpin, the sea raven.

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cabezon

alt. A California fish (''http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaenichthys%20marmoratus''), allied to the sculpin. n. A California fish (''http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaenichthys%20marmoratus''), allied to the sculpin.

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Cabezon (fish)

The Cabezon, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, is a sculpin native to the Pacific coast of North America. Although the genus name translates literally as " scorpion fish," true scorpionfish, i.e., the lionfish and stonefish, belong to the related family Scorpaenidae. This species is the only known member of its genus.

Cabezon

Cabezón is the Spanish word for "stubborn" or "big-headed". Cabezon or cabezón may refer to: In Chile, cabezon means intelligent.

Usage examples of "cabezon".

Above it all, rising like a great sunlit thumb against a background of scattered clouds some thirty miles to the southeast, was Cabezon Peak.