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bufflehead

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUFFLEHEAD

Buf "fle *head `, n. Etym: [Buffle + head. ]

 

1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs. ] What makes you stare so, bufflehead Plautus (trans. 1694 ).

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bufflehead

buf fle head |ˈbəfəlˌhed ˈbəflhɛd | ▶noun a small North American diving duck related to the goldeneye, with a large puffy head. The male has white plumage with a black back. [Bucephala albeola, family Anatidae. ] ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘simpleton ’): from obsolete buffle ‘buffalo ’ + head. The current sense (mid 18th cent. ) may be an independent formation because of the duck's large square-shaped head.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bufflehead

bufflehead |ˈbʌf (ə )lhɛd | ▶noun a small North American diving duck related to the goldeneye, with a large puffy head. The male has white plumage with a black back. ●Bucephala albeola, family Anatidae. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘simpleton ’): from obsolete buffle ‘buffalo ’ + head. The current sense (mid 18th cent. ) may be an independent formation because of the duck's large square-shaped head.