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Flathead
Very Rare
noun
•
Any
fish
in the Platycephalidae
family
.
•
In American English:
Alternative
form of
flathead catfish
•
A
type
of
screw
or
bolt
designed
to
fit in
a
countersink
so that
it
sits
flush
with a
surface
.
•
In Automotive:
A
type
of
engine
that has the
valves
placed
in the
engine block
beside the
piston
,
instead of
in the
cylinder head
,
as in
an
overhead valve
engine
.
•
One of the
Salish
people of
Washington state
and
British Columbia
.
name
•
Their
Salishan
language
.
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