What does Horsehead mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, dollarfish, Selene setapinnisnoun

    any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies

Wiktionary

  1. horseheadnoun

    A pump for pumping oil from an oil well.

  2. horseheadnoun

    A steel girder supporting the roof of a mine tunnel.

ChatGPT

  1. horsehead

    A horsehead typically refers to the Horsehead Nebula, a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae due to its distinctive shape, which resembles a horse's head. Another common reference is a type of design used in various fields like architecture, art, and jewelry, often representing a horse's head. It is also an equipment name in the oil drilling industry, referring to the horsehead pump, part of a beam pump setup that resembles a horse's head. The term largely depends on the context in which it is used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Horseheadnoun

    the silver moonfish (Selene vomer)

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Horsehead in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Horsehead in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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