bufflehead

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bufflehead - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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  Bufflehead \Buf"fle*head`\, n. [Buffle + head.]
     1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs.]
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              What makes you stare so, bufflehead?  --Plautus
                                                    (trans. 1694).
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     2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.
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bufflehead - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bufflehead
      n 1: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
           plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper,
           Bucephela albeola]