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cabezon

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cab⋅e⋅zon

[kab-uh-zon; Sp. kah-ve-sawn]
–noun, plural -zo⋅nes [-zoh-neyz; Sp. -saw-nes] , -zons.
any of several large-headed fishes, esp. a sculpin, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, of Pacific coastal waters of North America.
Also, cab⋅e⋅zone [kab-uh-zohn, kab-uh-zohn] .


Origin:
< Sp, equiv. to cabez(a) head (< VL *capitia, deriv. of L caput head) + -on aug. suffix
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