Horsehead : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Horsehead	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Horsehead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horsehead n any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies Synonym(s): moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, Selene setapinnis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}. Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck}, {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter, or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead}, {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are collectively called also {coots}. The females and young are called gray coots, and brown coots.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Horsehead \Horse"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The silver moonfish ({Selene vomer}).