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Definition of Bluehead
1. Noun. Small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head.
Generic synonyms: Wrasse
Group relationships: Genus Thalassoma, Thalassoma
Definition of Bluehead
1. a marine fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluehead
Literary usage of Bluehead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Florida Office of Secretary of State (1909)
"bluehead Lund and Cattle Company. Principal place of business, Barlow, Fla.
Capital stock f 50000.00. Filed February 4, 1907. Letters patent issued March 8, ..."
2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Scaup Duck; Greater Scaup; Broad hi 11; bluehead; Blackhead; Raft Duck. Plumage of
adult male: head, neck, breast and upper back black; wavy bars of white ..."
3. An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, from the Earliest by Joseph Train (1845)
"... extending along the coast from Ramsey round the Point of Ayre to bluehead,
including the parishes of Kirk Christ Lezayre, Kirk Andreas, and Kirk Bride. ..."
4. County Reports and Maps: Wirt, Roane and Calhoun Counties by Ray Vernon Hennen, W. J. Latimer, F. N. Meeker (1911)
"Sandstone, Hundred, capping knob near bluehead Church. 15 15 2. Concealed and
sandstone 69 84 3. Fire clay (1") 0 84 4. Green shale 1 85 5. ..."