Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small North American diving duck (Bucephala albeola) having black and white plumage and a densely feathered, rounded head.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has a large or stupid head, like a buffalo's.
- noun Same as
buffle , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
- noun (Zoöl.) The buffel duck. See
Buffel duck .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A duck in the
goldeneye genus,Bucephala albeola . - noun obsolete One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term bufflehead refers to the bird's strangely bulbous head shape.
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Similarly, a bufflehead – a small duck with a distinctive bulbous head – was spotted in a farm pond on the Lizard in Cornwall.
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The bufflehead has since flown on, probably to Portugal, he added.
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P. S last minute adjustment I just shot a spike and a bufflehead.
How to miss a deer. 2010
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Well I shot a bufflehead but it started diving on me so I couldn't find it.
About to head out to the swamp for some wood duck. How's everyone elses season been going? 2010
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Bufflehead Bucephala albeolaThe bufflehead is a small diving duck that forages underwater, eating primarily aquatic plants and fish eggs.
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Well I shot a bufflehead but it started diving on me so I couldn't find it.
About to head out to the swamp for some wood duck. How's everyone elses season been going? 2010
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But I stopped at the small pond along the highway just the same, in case the bufflehead was still around.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003
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Saw a bufflehead on a pond along the highway on the drive home, which was a pleasant and rare surprise.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003
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You tip this ol 'bufflehead into sea,' you said, 'an' gormed if I don't give
Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm Armand [Illustrator] Both 1928
fbharjo commented on the word bufflehead
complementary buffalo head
March 17, 2012
fbharjo commented on the word bufflehead
What is a buffle?
March 17, 2012