flathead
IPA: fɫˈæthɛd
noun
- Any fish in the family Platycephalidae.
- (plural only "flatheads") A type of screw or bolt designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface.
- (plural only "flatheads", automotive) A type of engine that has the valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an overhead valve engine.
- One of the Salish people of Washington state and British Columbia.
- Their Salishan language.
- (US, informal) Alternative form of flathead catfish [A large freshwater catfish native to North America, Pylodictis olivaris.]
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Examples of "flathead" in Sentences
- Flathead Lake is long and up to wide.
- Flathead BC is about on the right edge.
- It is the only full power station in the Flathead.
- It came with a flathead side valve straight eight.
- Because lots of flathead are better than few flathead.
- I'm not sure that Flathead Lake is even in the top four.
- The term should not be confused with the Flathead engine.
- In 1833 he was chosen to head a mission for the Flathead Indians.
- The maximum length is in the blue catfish and the flathead catfish.
- The diet of dusky flathead is typically composed of smaller fish and prawns.
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