Definitions of bullhead
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freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
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type of:
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sculpin
any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
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sculpin
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any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
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synonyms:
bullhead catfish
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types:
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Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, hornpout, pout
catfish common in eastern United States
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brown bullhead
freshwater catfish of eastern United States
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type of:
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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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Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, hornpout, pout
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