bullhead
any of several North American, freshwater catfishes of the genus Ictalurus, having a rounded or truncate caudal fin.
any of several other fishes, as the freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, especially those species having a hornlike spine on each side of the head.
an obstinate or stupid person.
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How to use bullhead in a sentence
But the police held the old chief captive, and two of them shot him—bullhead and Red Tomahawk.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. White“My country calls and I must go,” says the bullhead to himself, and he opens his mouth and the liver disappears.
Peck's Compendium of Fun | George W. PeckThere is no fish that does more thinking or has a better head for grasping great questions, or chunks of liver than the bullhead.
Peck's Compendium of Fun | George W. PeckA pin hook, a piece of liver, and a cistern pole, is all the capital required to catch a bullhead.
Peck's Compendium of Fun | George W. PeckThe boy gets down on his knees to dissect the bullhead, and get his hook, and it may be that the boy swears.
Peck's Compendium of Fun | George W. Peck
British Dictionary definitions for bullhead
/ (ˈbʊlˌhɛd) /
any of various small northern mainly marine scorpaenoid fishes of the family Cottidae that have a large head covered with bony plates and spines
any freshwater North American catfish of the genus Ameiurus (or Ictalurus), having a large head bearing several long barbels
a scorpion fish, Scorpaena guttata, of North American Pacific coastal waters
informal a stupidly stubborn or unintelligent person
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