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flathead

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A flathead is one of a number of small to medium fish species with notably flat heads, distributed in membership across various genera of the family Platycephalidae . Many species are found in the Indo-Pacific, especially most parts of Australia where they ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Puff \Puff\, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. Buffet .] A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. `` To every puff of wind a slave.'' ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any fish in the ''(taxlink Platycephalidae family noshow=1)'' family. 2 A type of screw designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface. 3 (context automotive English) A type of engine that has the valves placed in the engine ...

Usage examples of flathead.

When young men warned to be snickering boys again and told each other the coarsest, filthiest stories they could think of, it was of flathead males and women, and what would happen to a man who shared Pleasures with such a woman afterward, even unknowingly -- especially unknowingly.

Again we were near the Flathead, and beyond it lay the blue and purple of the Kootenai Hills.

Around here the blood was probably Black-foot or Kootenai or Flathead.

Of course, it’d almost certainly turn out to be full of everyday brassers, with maybe the occasional flathead or line flaw, but the thing was, you never knew.

A quarry in the Flathead Mountains dug up large quantities of cement rock, burned it and crushed it to make concrete.