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headcuts

headcuts is the plural of headcut.

Meaning of headcut

Noun

headcut (plural headcuts)

  1. An erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.
    • Above the lower headcut, phreatophytic mesquite and little leaf sumac hug the banks, drawing pendulate water from the silts remaining from former marsh deposits and sending long taproots into channel stores.2007, Susan L. Woodward, “Modern Vegetation of the Murray Springs Area and the Upper San Pedro Valley”, in Caleb Vance Haynes, Bruce B. Huckell, editor, Murray Springs, page 58

Questions about headcuts

What is headcuts the plural of?
Headcuts is the plural of headcut.

Words near headcuts in the dictionary

  1. headcrash
  2. headcrashes
  3. headcrest
  4. headcrests
  5. headcut
  6. headcuts
  7. headdesk
  8. headdesked
  9. headdesking
  10. headdesks
  11. headdress

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