different between turtlehead vs snakehead

English

Etymology

turtle +? head, from the shape of the flower.

Noun

turtlehead (plural turtleheads)

1. The white turtlehead, an American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) with white flowers.
2. Other members of the genus Chelone.

Synonyms

• (Chelone glabra): balmony, shell flower, snakehead

English

Etymology

snake +? head

Pronunciation

Noun

snakehead (plural snakeheads)

1. (zoology) A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.
   • 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 1:

     Through this plantation ran a creek full of snakeheads and eels, its overflow swelling the swamp around it.

2. (slang) A Chinese smuggler, especially one who smuggles people
   • 2008, Frozen River, 00:33:10

     Why would they want to run? -- To get away from the snakeheads. -- What's that? -- The snakeheads pay to get them here and then they gotta work off what they owe.

3. A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead
4. A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
5. The guinea-hen flower, Fritillaria meleagris.

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