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bull⋅head

[bool-hed]
–noun
1. any of several North American, freshwater catfishes of the genus Ictalurus, having a rounded or truncate caudal fin.
2. any of several other fishes, as the freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, esp. those species having a hornlike spine on each side of the head.
3. an obstinate or stupid person.

Origin:
1665–75, Americanism; bull 1 + head
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bull·head   (bŏŏl'hěd')   
n.  
  1. Any of several large-headed North American freshwater catfishes of the genus Ictalurus.

  2. Any of several fishes of the family Cottidae, such as the sculpin and the miller's thumb.

  3. Upper Northern U.S. See catfish.

cat·fish   (kāt'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. catfish or cat·fish·es
Any of numerous scaleless, chiefly freshwater fishes of the order Siluriformes, characteristically having whiskerlike barbels extending from the upper jaw. Also called regionally bullhead, mud cat.
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