🟦 Animal with blue head 🐟 A small fish

bluehead

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An animal, usually a fish, with a blue head

noun
/ˈbluːhɛd/

: pez con cabeza azul

The diver pointed out a bluehead swimming among the coral.

Examples

The bluehead swam gracefully through the coral reef.
Scientists studied the behavior of the bluehead in its natural habitat.
Children were excited to see a bluehead at the aquarium.
Look at that bluehead over there!
The diver pointed out a bluehead swimming among the coral.
Scientists studied the behavior of the bluehead in its natural habitat.
Children were excited to see a bluehead at the aquarium.

Surface Forms

bluehead singular

blueheads plural

Morphology

bluehead = blue + head (transparent) = blue + head

A straightforward descriptive compound used as a general noun or nickname for animals with blue heads; the meaning follows directly from the parts.

Etymology

Bluehead comes from joining blue 'a colour' and head 'front part of the body', and it became a nickname for any animal, often a fish, with a blue-coloured head. So the word simply points to the animal's blue head.