bufflehead

buf·fle·head

B0533900 (bŭf′əl-hĕd′)n. A small North American diving duck (Bucephala albeola) having black and white plumage and a densely feathered, rounded head. Also called butterball.

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[Obsolete buffle, buffalo (from French, from Late Latin būfalus; see buffalo) + head.]

bufflehead

(ˈbʌfəlˌhɛd) n (Animals) a small North American diving duck, Bucephala (or Glaucionetta) albeola: the male has black-and-white plumage and a fluffy head. Also called: butterball [C17 buffle from obsolete buffle wild ox (see buff¹), referring to the duck's head]

buf•fle•head

(ˈbʌf əlˌhɛd)

n. a small North American duck, Bucephala albeola, the male of which has a large head with bushy plumage. [1855–60, Amer.; buffle (see buff¹) + head;] buf′fle•head`ed, adj.

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bufflehead - small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumageBucephela albeola, butterball, dipperduck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legsBucephala, genus Bucephala - buffleheads and goldeneyes

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