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Flathead

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Flathead

Main Entry: Flat·head

Pronunciation: \-ˌhed\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Flatheads or Flathead

Date: 1709

1 : a member of any of several North American Indian peoples that practiced head-flattening
2 : an American Indian people of Montana
3 not capitalized : any of a family (Platycephalidae) of mostly Australian and East Indian marine food fishes that resemble sculpins

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