whitehead

1. A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium.

   Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom.

   Mitesser, Komedo

   вуго́рvuhór

   a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

2. A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla).

3. The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.

4. The surf scoter duck.

5. A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.

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