snakehead
/ˈsneɪkhed/noun
1
- a freshwater fish with a broad, heavily scaled head and a long cylindrical body, native to tropical Africa and Asia鳢, 乌鳢。
1.1
- Family Channidae: several genera and species.鳢科：数属, 数种。
2
- a member of a Chinese criminal network chiefly engaged in smuggling illegal immigrants to the West蛇头（从事偷渡非法移民去西方的中国犯罪组织成员）。
- ORIGIN: translation of Chinese shetou.