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bufflehead
(encz) | bufflehead,hohol bělavý Zdeněk Brož |
bufflehead
(gcide) | Buffel duck \Buf"fel duck\ (b[u^]f"f[e^]l d[u^]k`). [See
Buffalo.] (Zool.)
A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or
butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous
elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also
bufflehead.
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Bufflehead
(gcide) | Bufflehead \Buf"fle*head`\, n. [Buffle + head.]
1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs.]
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What makes you stare so, bufflehead? --Plautus
(trans. 1694).
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2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.
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bufflehead
(wn) | bufflehead
n 1: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper,
Bucephela albeola] |
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bufflehead
(encz) | bufflehead,hohol bělavý Zdeněk Brož |
bufflehead
(gcide) | Buffel duck \Buf"fel duck\ (b[u^]f"f[e^]l d[u^]k`). [See
Buffalo.] (Zool.)
A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or
butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous
elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also
bufflehead.
[1913 Webster]Bufflehead \Buf"fle*head`\, n. [Buffle + head.]
1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs.]
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What makes you stare so, bufflehead? --Plautus
(trans. 1694).
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2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.
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Buffle-headed
(gcide) | Buffle-headed \Buf"fle-head`ed\, a.
Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid;
blundering. [Obs.]
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So fell this buffle-headed giant. --Gayton.
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bufflehead
(wn) | bufflehead
n 1: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper,
Bucephela albeola] |
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