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cockshead

cockshead noun: a leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.

Noun

cockshead (countable and uncountable, plural cocksheads)

  1. A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
    Synonyms:
    cockshead sainfoin

Proper noun capitalized: Cockshead

Cockshead

  1. A hamlet in Llangybi community and Llanddewi Brefi community, Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN6355).

Synonyms of cockshead

  • cockshead sainfoin

Forms of cockshead

pluralcocksheads

Origin of cockshead

From cock + -s- + head.

Questions about cockshead

What does cockshead mean?
Cockshead means a leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
What part of speech is cockshead?
Cockshead can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cockshead?
The plural of cockshead is cocksheads.

Words near cockshead in the dictionary

  1. Cockses
  2. cocksfoot
  3. cocksfoots
  4. cockshaft
  5. cockshafts
  6. cockshead
  7. cocksheads
  8. cockshied
  9. cockshies
  10. cockshit
  11. cockshits

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