"fishhead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪʃhɛd/ Audio: En-au-fishhead.ogg [Australia] Forms: fishheads [plural]
Etymology: fish + head Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fish|head}} fish + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishhead (plural fishheads)
  1. The head of a fish. Translations (head of a fish): 魚頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 鱼头 (yútóu) (Chinese Mandarin), vissenkop [masculine] (Dutch), kalanpää (Finnish), kalan pää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fishhead-en-noun-deVn6hcJ Disambiguation of 'head of a fish': 99 1 0
  2. (slang) A member of a navy; a sailor; a fisherman. Tags: slang Translations (member of the navy): 海軍成員 (Chinese Mandarin), 海军成员 (hǎijūn chéngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), Aku Ankka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fishhead-en-noun-Bme5xD3V Disambiguation of 'member of the navy': 0 100 0
  3. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person from Southeast Asia. Tags: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Categories (topical): Fishing
    Sense id: en-fishhead-en-noun-wkYaR4Lk Disambiguation of Fishing: 22 24 55 Categories (other): English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 97 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fish head, fish-head

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Alternative forms

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