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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).
Definition 2024
bufflehead
bufflehead
English
Noun
bufflehead (plural buffleheads)
- A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
- (obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
- 1694, unknown translation, Plautus
- What makes you stare so, bufflehead?
- 1694, unknown translation, Plautus
Synonyms
- (Bucephala albeola): woolhead
Translations
a duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola
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