Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
blue groper .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The blunt-headed or blue-headed
wrasse , afish of thespecies Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
Etymologies
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blue + head
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Examples
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The creek is home to a pair of native species of fish, the bluehead and flannel-mouthed suckers, and possibly the round-tailed chub, although the presence of the latter never has been confirmed, White said.
Durangoherald.com 2009
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The Zuni bluehead sucker, a small fish found only in three remote canyons in New Mexico, is considered an endangered species by that state and is a candidate for listing by the federal government as endangered, and this April, 17 spawned at the Albuquerque Biological Park's refugium producing about 40 larval fish.
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