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Meaning of flathead

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

flathead

noun

Definitions

  1. Any fish in the Platycephalidae family.

  2. (plural only "flatheads") A type of screw or bolt designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface.

  3. (plural only "flatheads") 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.

noun

Definitions

  1. A large freshwater catfish native to North America, Pylodictis olivaris.