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 Charles B. Michener
Carp are voracious eaters — adult bigheads and silvers can consume up to 40% of their body weight in a day — and easily out-compete native species, wreaking havoc on aquatic ecosystems.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
The carp are voracious eaters — adult bigheads and silvers can consume up to 40% of their bodyweight in a day — and easily out-compete native species, wreaking havoc on aquatic ecosystems.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
This is a song for all you bigheads out there who think that disco music is lower than the irrelevant musical gibberish and tired platitudes that you try to impress your parents with.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2010
The bigheads learn best, but they're slow swimmers.
From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
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