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fathead
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
(a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also
nerka. See Blueback
(b) .
(b) The rosefish.
(c) A large California labroid food fish ({Trochocopus
pulcher}); -- called also fathead.
(d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under
Drumfish.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fathead \Fat"head`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley ({Pimephales
promelas}); -- called also black-headed minnow.
(b) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.
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