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bullhead

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bullhead

1
n
freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
2
n
any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bullhead
1

n freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines

Type of:
sculpin
any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
2

n any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States

Synonyms:
bullhead catfish
Types:
Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, hornpout, pout
catfish common in eastern United States
brown bullhead
freshwater catfish of eastern United States
Type of:
catfish, siluriform fish
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
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