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BUFFLEHEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bufflehead mean?
• BUFFLEHEAD (noun)
The noun BUFFLEHEAD has 1 sense:
1. small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
Familiarity information: BUFFLEHEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bucephela albeola; bufflehead; butterball; dipper
Hypernyms ("bufflehead" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Holonyms ("bufflehead" is a member of...):
Bucephala; genus Bucephala (buffleheads and goldeneyes)
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