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Webster 1913 Edition


Bufflehead

Buf′fle-headˊ

,
Noun.
[
Buffle
+
head
.]
1.
One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
[Obs.]
What makes you stare so,
bufflehead
?
Plautus (trans. 1694).
2.
(Zool.)
The buffel duck. See
Buffel duck
.

Definition 2024


bufflehead

bufflehead

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Noun

bufflehead (plural buffleheads)

  1. A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
  2. (obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
    • 1694, unknown translation, Plautus
      What makes you stare so, bufflehead?

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