thickhead : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thickhead	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for thickhead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thickhead n Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call Synonym(s): thickhead, whistler
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Courage is native to you. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.] the head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak. 7. (Min.) (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver. (b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride. {Native American party}. See under {American}, a. {Native bear} (Zo[94]l.), the koala. {Native bread} (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of Australia ({Mylitta australis}), somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger. {Native devil}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tasmanian devil}, under {Devil}. {Native hen} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx Mortierii}). {Native pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Leipoa}. {Native rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian marsupial ({Perameles lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and form. {Native sloth} (Zo[94]l.), the koala. {Native thrush} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian singing bird ({Pachycephala olivacea}); -- called also {thickhead}. {Native turkey} (Zo[94]l.), the Australian bustard ({Choriotis australis}); -- called also {bebilya}. Syn: Natural; natal; original; congential. Usage: {Native}, {Natural}, {Natal}. natural refers to the nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artifical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thickhead \Thick"head`\, n. 1. A thick-headed or stupid person. [Colloq.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of Australian singing birds of the genus {Pachycephala}. The males of some of the species are bright-colored. Some of the species are popularly called {thrushes}.