bufflehead

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbʌfəlhɛd/

Noun

bufflehead (plural buffleheads)

1. A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
2. (obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
   • 1694, unknown translation, Plautus

     What makes you stare so, bufflehead?

Synonyms

• (Bucephala albeola) woolhead

Translations

• French: garrot albéole, petit garrot
• German: Büffelkopfente
• Italian: quattrocchi minore
• Portuguese: pato-de-touca-branca
• Russian: ма́лый го́голь
• Spanish: porrón coronado, pato moñudo, pato pinto, porrón albeola

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