bullheads
Whiskered bottom feeders
Bullheads are freshwater catfish native to North America, smaller than their channel catfish relatives and recognized by their broad, flat heads and sharp spines.
They thrive in murky, slow-moving waters where other fish struggle: We caught a dozen bullheads in the pond behind the barn.
The name also applies to various other fish with large heads, and informally to stubborn people—though bullheaded is more common for that sense.
Fish sensory projections
- whiskersFacial sensory hairs
- bottom-feederCreature eating from below
- mudcatFreshwater bottom-feeding fish
- stingerVenom-injecting body part
nocturnal · omnivore · scavenger · benthic · muddy · silt · sediment · turbid
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- doggedStubbornly persevering
tenacious · unyielding · adamant · persistent · resolute · pigheaded · inflexible · obdurate
barbels
Fish sensory projections
- whiskersFacial sensory hairs
- bottom-feederCreature eating from below
- mudcatFreshwater bottom-feeding fish
stinger · nocturnal · omnivore · scavenger · benthic · muddy · silt · sediment · turbid · pond
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
dogged · tenacious · unyielding · adamant · persistent · resolute · pigheaded · inflexible · obdurate · intransigent
rod
Thin rigid stick
line · tackle · bobber · sinker · nightcrawlers · chicken-liver · casting · catch · creel · catch-and-release
barbed
Having sharp projections
prickly · pointed · piercing · serrated · defensive · painful · puncture · wound · handling · grip
bullheadspushovers
Those easily persuaded
compromisers · yielders · doormats · yes-men · accommodators