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Snakehead

A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.

📖 Definitions of "Snakehead"

noun

1
A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.
2
A Chinese smuggler, especially one who smuggles people
3
A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead
4
A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.

🔄 Synonyms of "Snakehead"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
turtleheadnoun	A white turtlehead, an American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) with white flowers.
shellflowernoun	A floating aquatic plant, of species Pistia stratiotes, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers.
chelone glabra	Chelone glabra, or white turtlehead, is a herbaceous species of plant native to North America.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Snakehead"

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Word	Definition
shellflowernoun	A floating aquatic plant, of species Pistia stratiotes, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers.
turtleheadnoun	A white turtlehead, an American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) with white flowers.
chelone glabra	Chelone glabra, or white turtlehead, is a herbaceous species of plant native to North America.
channichthyidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Channichthyidae.
chaenopsidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Chaenopsidae.
chanidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Chanidae, which has only one living species, the milkfish.
northern snakeheadnoun	A fish of species Channa argus, native to Russia, China and Korea; considered to be invasive in the United States.
chandidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Chandidae, a synonym for the Ambassidae.
chaunacidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Chaunacidae.
neoscopelidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Neoscopelidae, such as the blackchin.
synanceiidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Synanceiidae.
sciaenidnoun	(zoology) Any fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae.
sciaenoidnoun	(zoology) Of or relating to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes.
chirocentridnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Chirocentridae; a wolf herring.
snooknoun	A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
characidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Characidae.
cryptacanthodidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Cryptacanthodidae.
ischnacanthidnoun	Any sharklike early fish of the family Ischnacanthidae
carangoidnoun	(zoology) Any fish of the family Carangidae.
mudfishnoun	Any of many fish that frequent muddy water or burrow in mud, of numerous species, including: