horse-head

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horse-head - any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies

horsefish, horsehead, moonfish, Selene setapinnis, Atlantic moonfish, dollarfish

carangid, carangid fish - a percoid fish of the family Carangidae

lookdown, lookdown fish, Selene vomer - similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead

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Wellington, Ramadan 28, 1437, July 03, 2016, SPA -- New Zealand police have arrested three men after the discovery of a record 35 kilograms of cocaine in a diamante horse-head sculpture that drug smugglers had sent from Mexico, dpa reported.

New Zealand police find 35 kilos of cocaine in diamante horse head

"I thought it was really funny; he obviously spotted the Google car photographing streets in the area, ran to get a horse-head mask and laid in wait for it.