'Bufflehead' definitions:
Definition of 'bufflehead'
From: WordNet
noun
Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola]
Definition of 'Bufflehead'
From: GCIDE
- Bufflehead \Buf"fle*head`\, n. [Buffle + head.]
- 1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- What makes you stare so, bufflehead? --Plautus (trans. 1694). [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bufflehead'
From: GCIDE
- Buffel duck \Buf"fel duck\ (b[u^]f"f[e^]l d[u^]k`). [See Buffalo.] (Zool.) A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead. [1913 Webster]