snakehead

Meanings

1. A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.
2. A Chinese smuggler, especially one who smuggles people.
3. A black person.
4. A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead
5. A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads.
6. Alternative form of snake's head, various not closely related species of flowering plant, including Fritillaria meleagris.

Etymology

From snake + head.