Cryptic crossword clue
Lifeless principal is a fishy type 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FLATHEAD

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What does FLATHEAD mean?

FLATHEAD noun
  1. Any fish in the Platycephalidae family.
  2. (plural only "flatheads") A type of screw or bolt designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface.
  3. (plural only "flatheads") A type of engine that has the valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an overhead valve engine.
FLATHEAD noun
  1. A large freshwater catfish native to North America, Pylodictis olivaris.

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