bullhead

• Substantivo que designa um peixe de água doce: o cabeçudo (Cottus), peixe de cabeça grande e achatada com espinhos, ou um dos vários bagres de água doce comuns nos Estados Unidos, chamados de bullhead.

A noun referring to a type of freshwater fish, either a sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head and hornlike spines, or any of several common freshwater catfishes found in the United States.

1. C1formalscientific

   A freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head that has hornlike spines.

   peixe-escorpião de água doce

   • The bullhead is often found hiding under rocks in clear streams.
   • Its distinctive hornlike spines make the bullhead easy to identify.
   • Biologists studied the bullhead's unique head structure for adaptation research.

2. North American catfishB2formalamericanscientific

   Any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States, known for their broad heads and whisker-like barbels.

   Bagre-cabeçudo

   • The brown bullhead is a popular fish for recreational anglers.
   • Bullheads are often caught in slow-moving rivers and ponds.
   • He cleaned the bullhead before cooking it for dinner.

   Sinônimosbullhead catfishmudcatpout