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buffelhead

buffelhead is the alternative form of bufflehead.

Meaning of bufflehead

Noun

bufflehead (plural buffleheads)

  1. A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
    Synonyms:
    butterbox, woolhead
  2. (obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
    • What makes you stare so, bufflehead?1694, unknown translation, Plautus

Forms of buffelhead

pluralbuffelheads

Questions about buffelhead

What is buffelhead the alternative form of?
Buffelhead is the alternative form of bufflehead.

Words near buffelhead in the dictionary

  1. buffed up
  2. buffel duck
  3. buffel ducks
  4. buffelgrass
  5. buffelgrasses
  6. buffelhead
  7. buffelheads
  8. buffer
  9. buffer beam
  10. buffer beams
  11. buffer car

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