Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bufflehead"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Buffel duck \Buf"fel duck\ (b[u^]f"f[e^]l d[u^]k`). [See
{Buffalo}.] (Zo["o]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["o]l.) The buffel duck. See {Buffel duck}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bufflehead
n : small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
plumage [syn: {butterball}, {dipper}, {Bucephela albeola}]
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