bufflehead : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bufflehead	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bufflehead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bufflehead n small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage Synonym(s): bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buffel duck \Buf"fel duck\ (b[ucr]f"f[ecr]l d[ucr]k`). [See {Buffalo}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small duck ({Charitonetta albeola}); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also {bufflehead}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bufflehead \Buf"fle*head`\, n. [Buffle + head.] 1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs.] What makes you stare so, bufflehead? --Plautus (trans. 1694). 2. (Zo[94]l.) The buffel duck. See {Buffel duck}.