owlheadn.

Brit.

/ˈaʊlhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈaʊlˌhɛd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: owl n., head n.¹

Etymology: < owl n. + head n.¹

Now rare.

†1. English regional. A cast in rock of the semicircular shell of a fossil bivalve, Productus giganteus (family Productidae). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 222 Internal casts of [the fossil bivalve] Producta gigantea are called ‘owl-heads’ by quarrymen in the North of England.

2. U.S. regional (chiefly north-eastern). The grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola. Now historical and rare.

ΚΠ

1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 192 In New Jersey at Pleasantville (Atlantic Co.), [the black-bellied plover is called] hollow-head; and again at Pleasantville, owl-head.

1955 Amer. Speech 30 181 Owlhead, for the black-bellied plover (N.J.), probably is only another of several names alluding to the large head of this species.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	owlhead
释义	owlheadn. Brit. /ˈaʊlhɛd/, U.S. /ˈaʊlˌhɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: owl n., head n.¹ Etymology: < owl n. + head n.¹ Now rare. †1. English regional. A cast in rock of the semicircular shell of a fossil bivalve, Productus giganteus (family Productidae). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 222 Internal casts of [the fossil bivalve] Producta gigantea are called ‘owl-heads’ by quarrymen in the North of England. 2. U.S. regional (chiefly north-eastern). The grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 192 In New Jersey at Pleasantville (Atlantic Co.), [the black-bellied plover is called] hollow-head; and again at Pleasantville, owl-head. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 181 Owlhead, for the black-bellied plover (N.J.), probably is only another of several names alluding to the large head of this species. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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