bighead

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Four different species are considered invasive carp: bighead, black, grass and silver.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023

There are four types of invasive carp: bighead, silver, grass, and black.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023

His medley of El Apagón and Después De La Playa was enhanced with pyrotechnics, dozens of dancers and a troop of cabezudos, the "bighead" puppets that march down the streets of San Juan every January.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2023

These new devices would be used in addition to commercial fishing efforts at the Brandon Road site that remove over one million pounds of bighead and silver carp annually.

From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2017

It is particularly manifest in the bones of the head, causing enlargement and bulging of the face and jaws, thereby giving rise to the terms "bighead" and "swelled head," which are applied to it.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.