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bull·head  (blhd)

n.

1. Any of several large-headed North American freshwater catfishes of the genus Ictalurus.

2. Any of several fishes of the family Cottidae, such as the sculpin and the miller's thumb.

3. Upper Northern U.S. See catfish.

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bullhead [ˈbʊlˌhɛd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small northern mainly marine scorpaenoid fishes of the family Cottidae that have a large head covered with bony plates and spines

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any freshwater North American catfish of the genus Ameiurus (or Ictalurus), having a large head bearing several long barbels

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a scorpion fish, Scorpaena guttata, of North American Pacific coastal waters

4. Informal a stupidly stubborn or unintelligent person

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bullhead - freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines Cottus, genus Cottus - type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins sculpin - any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
	2.	bullhead - any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States bullhead catfish siluriform fish, catfish - any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth Ameiurus, genus Ameiurus - type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, hornpout, pout - catfish common in eastern United States brown bullhead - freshwater catfish of eastern United States