Flathead

  1. Noun.  One of the Salish people of Washington state and British Columbia.
  2. Proper noun.  Their Salishan language.
  3. Noun.  Any fish in the ''Platycephalidae'' family.
  4. Noun.  a type of screw designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface.
  5. Noun.  a type of engine that has the valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an Overhead Valve engine.

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