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cabezon

cabezon

9.9
A large sea fish with a big head that lives near rocks
  • noun
  • /ˈkæbɪˌzɒn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cabezón
  • The chef prepared a delicious dish using fresh cabezon caught that morning.
  • cabezon or lingcod
  • cabezon, bass, rockfish

Examples

  • I caught a large cabezon while fishing along the Pacific coast.

  • There are all kinds of fish in here—lingcod, greenling, cabezon, bass, rockfish, flounder, sole, and at least four species of perch.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • While snorkeling, I was amazed to see a cabezon hiding among the rocks.

Surface Forms

cabezon singular
cabezones plural

Etymology

Cabezon comes from the Spanish words cabeza 'head' and the ending -ón 'big', so it literally means 'big head'. The fish is called a cabezon because it has a very large, broad head, which makes the name easy to remember.