Snakehead

Word SNAKEHEAD
Character 9
Hyphenation snake head
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Snakehead"

What do we mean by snakehead?

Any of various edible freshwater predatory fishes of the family Channidae, having an elongated body with long dorsal and anal fins and large scales on the head, native to Asia and Africa and established elsewhere. noun

Same as snake's-head, 1. noun

A plant, the turtle-head, Chelone glabra, used in medicine as a tonic and aperient. See Chelone. noun

A fish of the family Ophiocephalidæ. noun

A snake-headed turtle, Chelys matamata, having a large flat carapace and long pointed head, found in South America. See cut under Chelydidæ. noun

The end of a flat railroad-rail when curling upward. noun

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. noun

The turtlehead. noun

The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea. noun

A Chinese smuggler, especially one who smuggles people noun

A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead noun

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. noun

The Guinea-hen flower. noun

Showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple noun

Showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple noun

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

A Chinese smuggler, especially one who smuggles people

A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead

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.

The guinea-hen flower, Fritillaria meleagris.

Snakeheads are Chinese gangs which smuggle people to other countries. They appear often especially in the Fujian region of China and smuggle their "customers" often into more wealthy Western countries like the United Kingdom or the United States. The name snakehead comes from the people being smuggled, often called "man-snake" in the Chinese language. The people who organize the smuggling are therefore called snakeheads (head of (man-)snakes), which is in fact a word-by-word translation of the Chinese term Urban Dictionary

Snakehead is the common name for Channidae, a family of freshwater fish that can breathe air and "walk" on land. While not native to the U.S., snakehead fish have been accidentally introduced into the waters of some states, including Maryland. To snakehead is to arrive at a destination in an unexpected way. Urban Dictionary

One who has a big shaved head Urban Dictionary

You realy can't define snakehead-fish they are horrible creatures all i can say is when u incounter 1 u a) run for ur life B) throw food at it so it will stop or C) just stand there cause there is no hope Urban Dictionary

A terrorist with no remorse Urban Dictionary

When someone is performing oral sex with their tongue extended outwards. Urban Dictionary

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The word "snakehead" in example sentences

The locals supposedly started a snakehead population in flushing meadows/corona lake in Queens NY because snakehead is apparently quite the delicacy for local Koreans. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The snakehead is not in Ohio yet, but does it pose a threat to your fishing rivers, streams, lakes, or ponds? ❋ Unknown (2009)

He's a snakehead, which is the term used to describe Chinese human smugglers of illegal aliens. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Apparently there is a fish known as a snakehead that has shark-like teeth, walks on land and eats other creatures that fish were likely never meant to eat. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The snakehead was the talk of Chinatown since all the Chinese-language newspapers had articles about Mr. Wu's arrest, and even featured photos of the fish's razor-sharp teeth. ❋ By LIZ ROBBINS (2011)

In China, the snakehead is a sweet, meaty staple harvested in farms, and when boiled into soup, it is reputed to possess remarkable healing properties. ❋ By LIZ ROBBINS (2011)

There, posing as buyers looking for a child, detectives arranged a meeting with the so-called snakehead, the gangster who had sold the boy on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"snakehead" - shaped, which leads me to believe that they came into being in the late 1920s or early 1930s. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When Alex discovers that a woman from the wreck and the congressman's lover have the same rose tattoo - the brand of a "snakehead", a master of a human trafficking operation - it dawns on her that these cases aren't as unrelated as they seem and that the entire political landscape of New York City could hang in the balance of her investigation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The very name "snakehead" comes from the image of the smugglers crawling furtively through borders to deliver their human cargo to their final destination. ❋ Deaver, Jeffery (2002)

Some captive prostitutes in the United States are "debt slaves," working off the $35,000-plus fee they owe to the "snakehead" who smuggled them into the country, usually from Asia, according to press accounts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I just hope I don't have to change my diet to snakehead because they took over. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the never-ending debate over the impact of non-native species, there are invaders many of us have come to accept and even revere (the ringneck pheasant, Huns, chukars) and there are invaders that are almost universally reviled (the snakehead, kudzu, zebra mussels, Texas Longhorn fans). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other carp fishing igfa record fish sea fishing records shark snakehead state reocrd fish ❋ Unknown (2009)

Especially pythons in FL and many areas are have problems with snakehead fish and other fish that do not belong in the waters. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Q: has anyone ever caught a bowfin or a snakehead? if so where and how big? ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the novel, once in the U.S., the Ghost's main mission throughout the story is to find and murder two illegal families who are witnesses to his snakehead activities. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Early this morning, police [raided] a snakehead [flophouse] in [East London]. ❋ Sherlock123 (2006)

Walking instead of driving, driving instead of [flying], [crawling] instead of [swimming] are all examples of snakeheading. ❋ Doublement (2009)

[tom] has a [big] [ol] snakehead!!! ❋ Rabbitoverderes (2010)

Because it's a [snakehead-fish] ❋ Ric (2004)

"[fybr] called my house at [4am] last night for [phone sex].." "again??" ❋ Jt (2004)

She [gave] me [that good] [snakehead] last night. ❋ Amschel (2023)

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