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English Dictionary: bullhead by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bullhead
n
  1. freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
  2. any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
    Synonym(s): bullhead, bullhead catfish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Miller \Mill"er\ (m[icr]l"[etil]r), n.
      1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
  
      2. A milling machine.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because
                  the wings appear as if covered with white dust or
                  powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also {moth
                  miller}.
            (b) The eagle ray.
            (c) The hen harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Miller's thumb}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small fresh-water fish of the genus {Uranidea}
                  (formerly {Cottus}), as the European species ({U.
                  gobio}), and the American ({U. gracilis}); -- called
                  also {bullhead}.
            (b) A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and
                  long-tailed tit. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus
                  {Uranidea}, esp. {U. gobio} of Europe, and {U.
                  Richardsoni} of the United States; -- called also
                  {miller's thumb}.
            (b) In America, several species of {Amiurus}; -- called
                  also {catfish}, {horned pout}, and {bullpout}.
            (c) A marine fish of the genus {Cottus}; the sculpin.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black-bellied plover ({Squatarola helvetica}); --
                  called also {beetlehead}.
            (b) The golden plover.
  
      3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips.
  
      {Bullhead whiting} (Zo[94]l.), the kingfish of Florida
            ({Menticirrus alburnus}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Golden \Gold"en\, a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden,
      from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.]
      1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
  
      2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
  
      3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
            auspicious; as, golden opinions.
  
      {Golden age}.
            (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
                  manners in rural employments, followed by the silver,
                  bronze, and iron ages. --Dryden.
            (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
                  14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
                  Cicero, C[91]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
            (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
                  it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
                  greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
                  considered the golden age of English literature.
  
      {Golden balls}, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
            pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
            coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
            London having been Lombards.
  
      {Golden bull}. See under {Bull}, an edict.
  
      {Golden chain} (Bot.), the shrub {Cytisus Laburnum}, so named
            from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
  
      {Golden club} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
            aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
            flowers.
  
      {Golden cup} (Bot.), the buttercup.
  
      {Golden eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a large and powerful eagle
            ({Aquila Chrysa[89]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and
            North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow
            tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety
            is called the {royal eagle}; the young in the second year
            is the {ring-tailed eagle}.
  
      {Golden fleece}.
            (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
                  from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
                  Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
                  Argonautic expedition.
            (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
                  Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
                  {Toison d'Or}.
  
      {Golden grease}, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
  
      {Golden hair} (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
            with golden yellow flowers, the {Chrysocoma Coma-aurea}.
           
  
      {Golden Horde} (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
            overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
            century.
  
      {Golden Legend}, a hagiology (the [bd]Aurea Legenda[b8])
            written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the
            13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483,
            and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
            entitled.
  
      {Golden marcasite} tin. [Obs.]
  
      {Golden mean}, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
            sufficiency without excess; moderation.
  
                     Angels guard him in the golden mean.   --Pope.
  
      {Golden mole} (Zo[94]l), one of several South African
            Insectivora of the family {Chrysochlorid[91]}, resembling
            moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
            purple, and gold.
  
      {Golden number} (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
            lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
            is so called from having formerly been written in the
            calendar in gold.
  
      {Golden oriole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Oriole}.
  
      {Golden pheasant}. See under {Pheasant}.
  
      {Golden pippin}, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
           
  
      {Golden plover} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of
            plovers, of the genus {Charadrius}, esp. the European ({C.
            apricarius, [or] pluvialis}; -- called also {yellow,
            black-breasted, hill, [and] whistling, plover}. The common
            American species ({C. dominicus}) is also called
            {frostbird}, and {bullhead}.
  
      {Golden robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Baltimore oriole}, in Vocab.
           
  
      {Golden rose} (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
            the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
            church or person in recognition of special services
            rendered to the Holy See.
  
      {Golden rule}.
            (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
                  Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
            (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
  
      {Golden samphire} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
            crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
  
      {Golden saxifrage} (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
            ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium}), blossoming in wet
            places in early spring.
  
      {Golden seal} (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
            ({Hydrastis Canadensis}), with a thick knotted rootstock
            and large rounded leaves.
  
      {Golden sulphide, [or] sulphuret}, {of antimony} (Chem.), the
            pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow
            powder.
  
      {Golden warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a common American wood warbler
            ({Dendroica [91]stiva}); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
            warbler}, {garden warbler}, and {summer yellow bird}.
  
      {Golden wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored hymenopterous
            insect, of the family {Chrysidid[91]}. The colors are
            golden, blue, and green.
  
      {Golden wedding}. See under {Wedding}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bullhead, SD (CDP, FIPS 8460)
      Location: 45.76794 N, 101.08007 W
      Population (1990): 179 (53 housing units)
      Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
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