"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. Translations (fish): শ’ল (xöl) (english: large) (Assamese), গৰৈ (goroi) (english: small) (Assamese), talusog (Bikol Central), ငါးရံ့ (nga:ram.) (Burmese), 鱧 /鳢 (lǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ꨌꨰꨆꨵꩀ (chaklaik) (Eastern Cham), ꨁꨆꩆ ꨌꨰꨆꨵꩀ (ikan chaklaik) (Eastern Cham), käärmeenpää (Finnish), ophicéphale (French), Schlangenkopffisch [masculine] (German), gabus (Indonesian), ライギョ (raigyo) (Japanese), 雷魚 (raigyo) (alt: らいぎょ) (Japanese), bulig (Kapampangan), 가물치과 (gamulchigwa) (Korean), haruan (Malay), змееголо́вая ры́ба (zmejegolóvaja rýba) [feminine] (Russian), змееголов (zmejegolov) (Russian), dalag (Tagalog), 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 Categories (other): Fish, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Percoid fish, Plantain family plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 6 7 23 25 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 6 3 23 25 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 5 2 26 23 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 4 3 31 16 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 4 1 32 15 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 3 4 28 16 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 4 1 31 15 30 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 89 1 2 3 2 2 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 23 6 3 31 11 26 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-2j6qry~7 Disambiguation of 'smuggler': 1 75 8 9 3 4
  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
  4. A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead
    Sense id: en-snakehead-en-noun--X-ks5gc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Bikol Central 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 Japanese translations, Terms with Kapampangan translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Lily family plants, Plantain family plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 6 7 23 25 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 6 3 23 25 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 5 2 26 23 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 20 3 7 30 15 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bikol Central translations: 22 3 4 32 15 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 21 3 15 28 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Eastern Cham translations: 22 4 6 31 15 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 4 3 31 16 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 4 1 32 15 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 4 3 33 16 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 15 4 16 33 12 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 4 1 33 16 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Kapampangan translations: 20 3 7 30 15 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 20 3 7 30 15 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 16 4 18 31 12 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 3 4 28 16 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 4 1 31 15 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 20 3 7 31 15 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 17 4 14 32 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 16 4 18 31 12 19 Disambiguation of Lily family plants: 22 2 3 34 12 28 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 23 6 3 31 11 26
  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
    Sense id: en-snakehead-en-noun-Fo3Af~hT Categories (other): American English, Rail transportation, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Plantain family plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 6 7 23 25 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 6 3 23 25 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 5 2 26 23 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 4 3 31 16 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 4 1 32 15 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 3 4 28 16 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 4 1 31 15 30 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 23 6 3 31 11 26 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  6. (rare) Alternative form of snake's head, various not closely related species of flowering plant, including Fritillaria meleagris. Tags: alt-of, alternative, rare Alternative form of: snake's head, various not closely related species of flowering plant, including Fritillaria meleagris
    Sense id: en-snakehead-en-noun-pbCen2Oe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Plantain family plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 6 7 23 25 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 4 1 25 19 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 6 3 23 25 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 5 2 26 23 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 4 3 31 16 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 4 1 32 15 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 3 4 28 16 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 4 1 31 15 30 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 23 6 3 31 11 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: giant snakehead (taxonomic: Channa micropeltes), northern snakehead (taxonomic: Channa argus)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "fish",
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