snakehead

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(snākhed′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
snake•head  (snākhed′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologya turtlehead plant.
  2. Fishany elongate fish of the family Channidae (or Ophicephalidae), having a large head with a deeply cleft mouth and able to breathe atmospheric oxygen.
  • snake + head 1775–85, American.


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