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Definition of Thickhead
1. Noun. Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call.
Generic synonyms: Flycatcher, Old World Flycatcher, True Flycatcher
Group relationships: Genus Pachycephala, Pachycephala
Definition of Thickhead
1. n. A thick-headed or stupid person.
Definition of Thickhead
1. Noun. Someone stupid. ¹
2. Noun. Any of several species of Australian songbirds of the genus ''Pachycephala''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thickhead
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Thickhead
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1. A thick-headed or stupid person.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thickhead
Literary usage of Thickhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine (1849)
"This incident is among many where thickhead has ... The child is father to the
man; " thickhead is still reckless of the mischief he creates, so that he can ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"thickhead, a South American caterpillar-eating bird of the family ... In other
parts of the world "thickhead" is applied to various other birds, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"thickhead, a South American caterpillar-eating bird of the family ... In other
parts of the world "thickhead" is applied to various other birds, ..."
4. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"They maybe called, after Comstock, "the thickhead flies," because their heads
... Rather more than thirty species of thickhead flies, distributed in seven ..."
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