Definition of Greenhead

1. n. The mallard.

2. n. A state of greenness; verdancy.

Definition of Greenhead

1. Noun. ''Tabanus nigrovittatus'', a biting horsefly. ¹

2. Noun. The mallard. ¹

3. Noun. A fish, the striped bass. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Greenhead

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Greenhead

1. The mallard. The striped bass. See Bass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenhead

greenflies
greenfly
greengage
greengage plum
greengages
greengagey
greengill
greengills
greengrocer
greengrocer's apostrophe
greengroceries
greengrocers
greengrocers' apostrophes
greengrocery
greengrocing
greenhead (current term)
greenheads
greenheart
greenhearts
greenhood
greenhorn
greenhorns
greenhouse
greenhouse cockpit
greenhouse effect
greenhouse emission
greenhouse gas
greenhouse gases
greenhouse whitefly
greenhouselike

Literary usage of Greenhead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1899)
"The Club, or a Gray Cap for a greenhead, 8. The Club, or a Gray Cap for a greenhead, S. Symon, London 173S Powell, London 1787 9. ..."

2. Neighbours of Field, Wood, and Stream: Or, Through the Year with Nature's by Morton Grinnell (1901)
"greenhead was talking to himself; but after a moment Bullhead the Pout stuck his uncouth nose above the surface of the water and blubbered out: " It's ..."

3. The History of Kilmarnock by Archibald M'Kay (1880)
"The titles of the greenhead, or Laigh Tanyard, describe the ground as " the several pieces of ground being part of the old dam and ..."

4. New Brunswick Equity Cases: Being a Selection of Hitherto Unreported Cases by New Brunswick Supreme Court, Walter Harley Trueman (1898)
"1 Lime, manufactured by Raynes Bros, at greenhead," calculated to deceive and make a false representation as between somebody who did not know who the real ..."

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