flathead

/ˈflætˌhɛd/

Other forms: flatheads

Definitions of flathead

1. noun

   food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
   type of:

   scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

   fishes having the head armored with bony plates
2. noun

   pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
   type of:

   percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

   any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes