a Chinese criminal involved in the illegal transport of Chinese citizens to other parts of the world
Word origin
C20: origin uncertain
snakehead in American English
(sneɪkˌhɛd)
US
noun
turtlehead
snakehead in American English
(ˈsneikˌhed)
noun
1.
a turtlehead plant
2.
any elongate fish of the family Channidae (or Ophicephalidae), having a large headwith a deeply cleft mouth and able to breathe atmospheric oxygen
Word origin
[1775–85, Amer.; snake + head]This word is first recorded in the period 1775–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alto, amateur, flashing, guideline, parachute