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bufflehead

/ˈbʌfəlhɛd/

bufflehead noun: a duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.

bufflehead: a duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola
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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

bufflehead meaning in Tamil and Bengali

bufflehead in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும், தென்அமெரிக்க நீரிமுழ்கி வாத்துவகை, அறிவிலி

bufflehead in Bengali

গোল্ডেনআই গণের একটি হাঁস, একজন ভারী, নির্বোধ ব্যক্তি

Synonyms of bufflehead

Forms of bufflehead

pluralbuffleheads

Origin of bufflehead

Compound of buffle (“buffalo”) + head, so called for its large head.

Questions about bufflehead

What does bufflehead mean?
Bufflehead means a duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
What is bufflehead in Tamil?
Bufflehead in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும், தென்அமெரிக்க நீரிமுழ்கி வாத்துவகை. See Bufflehead meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bufflehead?
Bufflehead is a noun.
How do you pronounce bufflehead?
Bufflehead is pronounced /ˈbʌfəlhɛd/.
What is the plural of bufflehead?
The plural of bufflehead is buffleheads.

Words near bufflehead in the dictionary

  1. Buffkins
  2. buffle
  3. buffle duck
  4. buffle-headed
  5. buffled
  6. bufflehead
  7. buffleheads
  8. buffler
  9. bufflers
  10. buffles
  11. buffling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bufflehead (page history and authors); bufflehead (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bufflehead (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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