Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The wigeon of the Americas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person with a bald head.
- noun In ornithology, a kind of duck with white on the head; a widgeon, Mareca penelope and M. americana. See cut under
widgeon . - Lacking hair on the pate; shorn of hair.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded.
- noun A baldheaded person.
- noun (Zoöl.) The American widgeon (
Anas Americana ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
bald -headed person. - noun A bird, the
American wigeon (Anas americana).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person whose head is bald
- noun a widgeon the male of which has a white crown
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the Hand The male's white crown patch, which gives the bird the nickname "baldpate," is impossible to miss, but it can be indistinct until November.
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In the Hand The male's white crown patch, which gives the bird the nickname "baldpate," is impossible to miss, but it can be indistinct until November.
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Standing about four inches shorter than Stefàn, but more solidly built, he sported a shiny baldpate and his skin was the color of creamy peanut butter.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Standing about four inches shorter than Stefàn, but more solidly built, he sported a shiny baldpate and his skin was the color of creamy peanut butter.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Standing about four inches shorter than Stefàn, but more solidly built, he sported a shiny baldpate and his skin was the color of creamy peanut butter.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Standing about four inches shorter than Stefàn, but more solidly built, he sported a shiny baldpate and his skin was the color of creamy peanut butter.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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He was thin with a fringe of white hair around his ears and nothing on top but baldpate.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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He was thin with a fringe of white hair around his ears and nothing on top but baldpate.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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He was thin with a fringe of white hair around his ears and nothing on top but baldpate.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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A paunchy fifty-four years old, he habitually wore a suit and bow tie, which went well with his toothbrush mustache and baldpate.
Delizia! John Dickie 2008
reesetee commented on the word baldpate
Obsolete name for American wigeon.
December 7, 2007