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Flathead
1[ flat-hed ]
noun
- Also called Bit·ter·root Sa·lish [bit, -er-root , sey, -lish]. a member of an Indigenous people of northwest Montana.
- a member of a confederated nation of Salish and Kootenay peoples, established in 1855 and located in northwest Montana.
- a member of the Chinook people.
adjective
- of or relating to any of the peoples historically known as Flathead or to their languages.
Flathead
2[ flat-hed ]
noun
- a river in SE British Columbia and NW Montana, flowing S to Flathead Lake and S and W to the Clark Fork River. 240 miles (385 km) long.
flathead
3[ flat-hed ]
noun
- any of several scorpaenoid fishes of the family Platycephalidae, chiefly inhabiting waters of the Indo-Pacific region and used for food.
flathead
/ ˈflætˌhɛd /
noun
- any Pacific scorpaenoid food fish of the family Platycephalidae , which resemble gurnards
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Origin of Flathead1
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Example Sentences
I dern near bust my head open jest thinkin' up ways to make the flathead see.
Again we were near the Flathead, and beyond it lay the blue and purple of the Kootenai Hills.
It turned the Flathead beside us to golden glory, and transformed the evergreen thickets into fairy glades of light and shadow.
The Flathead Indian is deformed in babyhood by being compressed between boards until the head changes its shape.
However, minke whales have a flathead in front of their two blow holes and are black to dark gray on the back.
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