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whaleheads

whaleheads is the plural of whalehead.

Meaning of whalehead

Noun

whalehead (plural whaleheads)

  1. Synonym of shoebill (wading bird)
    • The shoebill, whalehead or boatbill, as it is sometimes called, is one of Africa's strangest and rarest endemics.1999, Christ Stuart, Birds of Africa: From Seabirds to Seed-eaters, page 40
    Synonyms:
    shoebill
  2. A type of sand dune in North Carolina.
    • The strong north winds pile the sands up into great barchannes or medanoes, crescentic sand dunes known locally as whaleheads, which are moving steadily southward.1912, William Bullock Clark, The Coastal Plain of North Carolina, page 32

Questions about whaleheads

What is whaleheads the plural of?
Whaleheads is the plural of whalehead.

Words near whaleheads in the dictionary

  1. whalefish
  2. whalefisher
  3. whalefishers
  4. whalefishes
  5. whalehead
  6. whaleheads
  7. whalehide
  8. whalehides
  9. whalehood
  10. whaleish
  11. whalekind

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