NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern snakehead mean? 

• NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD has 1 sense:

1. a voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China; can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days; a threat to American populations of fish

  Familiarity information: NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD (noun)

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Meaning:

A voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China; can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days; a threat to American populations of fish

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("northern snakehead" is a kind of...):

fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)

Holonyms ("northern snakehead" is a member of...):

Channidae; class Channidae (snakeheads)