Snakehead Definition
snākhĕd
snakeheads
noun
Webster's New World
Any of various edible freshwater predatory fishes of the family Channidae, having an elongated body with long dorsal and anal fins and large scales on the head, native to Asia and Africa and established elsewhere.
American Heritage
A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead.
Wiktionary
A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- snake-head
- turtlehead
- shell-flower
- shellflower
- Chelone glabra
Other Word Forms of Snakehead
Noun
Singular:
snakehead
Plural:
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