"snakehead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-snakehead.ogg Forms: snakeheads [plural]
Etymology: From snake + head. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snake|head}} snake + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} snakehead (plural snakeheads)
  1. (zoology) A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae. Categories (lifeform): Fish, Lily family plants, Percoid fish, Plantain family plants Translations (fish): শ’ল (xöl) (english: large) (Assamese), গৰৈ (goroi) (english: small) (Assamese), ငါးရံ့ (nga:ram.) (Burmese), (Chinese Mandarin), (lǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ꨌꨰꨆꨵꩀ (chaklaik) (Eastern Cham), ꨁꨆꩆ ꨌꨰꨆꨵꩀ (ikan chaklaik) (Eastern Cham), käärmeenpää (Finnish), ophicéphale (French), Schlangenkopffisch [masculine] (German), gabus (Indonesian), haruan (Indonesian), ライギョ (raigyo) (Japanese), 雷魚 (raigyo) (alt: らいぎょ) (Japanese), haruan (Malay), змееголо́вая ры́ба (zmejegolóvaja rýba) [feminine] (Russian), змееголов (zmejegolov) (Russian), ปลาช่อน (Thai), cá chuối (Vietnamese), cá đô (Vietnamese), cá lóc (Vietnamese), cá sộp (Vietnamese), cá tràu (Vietnamese), cá xộp (Vietnamese), cá quả (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-snakehead-en-noun-blULsNSb Disambiguation of Lily family plants: 26 4 5 29 21 15 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 50 4 5 16 19 6 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 20 7 7 27 26 15 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 8 4 33 37 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 9 5 32 34 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 8 8 30 33 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 5 17 27 28 9 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'fish': 100 0 0 0 0 0
  2. (slang) A Chinese smuggler, especially one who smuggles people Tags: slang Translations (smuggler): passeur (French)
    Sense id: en-snakehead-en-noun-YprYI5f1 Disambiguation of 'smuggler': 1 68 7 19 3 3
  3. (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person. Tags: US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-snakehead-en-noun-PG6l68SO Categories (other): American English, English ethnic slurs, Terms with Eastern Cham translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Eastern Cham translations: 9 8 19 32 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 5 17 27 28 9
  4. A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead Categories (lifeform): Lily family plants, Plantain family plants
    Sense id: en-snakehead-en-noun--X-ks5gc Disambiguation of Lily family plants: 26 4 5 29 21 15 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 20 7 7 27 26 15 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Eastern Cham translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 8 4 33 37 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 8 9 18 35 24 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 13 8 23 33 18 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Eastern Cham translations: 9 8 19 32 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 10 16 37 25 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 9 5 32 34 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 8 8 30 33 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 6 9 25 36 19 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 6 9 26 34 19 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 5 17 27 28 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 6 9 25 36 19 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 6 9 26 35 19 5
  5. (US, rail transport) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. Tags: US Categories (topical): Rail transportation Categories (lifeform): Lily family plants, Plantain family plants
    Sense id: en-snakehead-en-noun-Fo3Af~hT Disambiguation of Lily family plants: 26 4 5 29 21 15 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 20 7 7 27 26 15 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Eastern Cham translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 12 25 35 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 8 4 33 37 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 9 5 29 38 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 9 4 28 38 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Eastern Cham translations: 9 8 19 32 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 9 5 32 34 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 8 8 30 33 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 9 5 29 36 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 5 17 27 28 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 9 5 29 36 9 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  6. The guinea-hen flower, Fritillaria meleagris. Categories (lifeform): Lily family plants, Plantain family plants
    Sense id: en-snakehead-en-noun-NzuHweTs Disambiguation of Lily family plants: 26 4 5 29 21 15 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 20 7 7 27 26 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: giant snakehead, northern snakehead

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Burmese translations",
    "Terms with Eastern Cham translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "A black person."
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      "english": "large",
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      "word": "শ’ল"
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      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "käärmeenpää"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "ophicéphale"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Schlangenkopffisch"
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      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "gabus"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "fish",
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      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "ライギョ"
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      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "雷魚"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "haruan"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "roman": "zmejegolov",
      "sense": "fish",
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      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "ปลาช่อน"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "cá chuối"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "cá đô"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "fish",
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "cá sộp"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "cá tràu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "cá xộp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fish",
      "word": "cá quả"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "smuggler",
      "word": "passeur"
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}

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