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☆ cab·ezon (kab′ə zän′)

noun

the largest fish (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) of the sculpin family, found in shallow waters along the Pacific Coast of North America

Etymology: Sp < cabeza, head < L capitium, covering for the head < caput, head

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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