Meaning

2 senses
  1. A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.

    Büffelkopfente

    ма́лый го́гольmályj gógolʹ

    малий гогольmalyj hoholʹ

  2. (obsolete)One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.

More definitions
  • small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

Translations

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a duck in the goldeneye genus:

Origin

Compound of buffle (“buffalo”) + head, so called for its large head.

Compound of buffle (“buffalo”) + head, so called for its large head.

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Forms

plural: buffleheads
Singularbufflehead
Pluralbuffleheads

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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