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Definition of Bufflehead
1. Noun. Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage.
Generic synonyms: Duck
Group relationships: Bucephala, Genus Bucephala
Definition of Bufflehead
1. n. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
Definition of Bufflehead
1. Noun. A duck in the goldeneye genus, ''Bucephala albeola''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bufflehead
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Medical Definition of Bufflehead
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1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. "What makes you stare so, bufflehead?" (Plautus (trans. 1694))
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bufflehead
Literary usage of Bufflehead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"Such are a Scaup over the Narrow Bay, June 26, 1915, a female or immature plumaged
bufflehead May 13, 1916, and a male bufflehead in summer a (ew years ..."
2. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1904)
"A bufflehead overtakes and eats little fish under water or equally nimble insects
on the surface, probes the muddy bottom of the lake for small shell fish, ..."
3. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"SO; depth at base .95 to 1.10. Female: Wing 8.25 to 8.75; bill from tip to frontal
angle 1.40 to 1.70; depth at base .80 to .95. 50. bufflehead. ..."
4. Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright (1917)
"It is a cunning diver, and obtains its food in this way; it is said, that the
bufflehead, like the Grebes and Loons, will dive at the flash of a gun, ..."
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