bufflehead

American  

[buhf-uhl-hed] / ˈbʌf əlˌhɛd /

noun

1. a small North American duck, Bucephala albeola, the male of which has bushy head plumage.

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bufflehead British  

/ ˈbʌfəlˌhɛd /

noun

1. Also called: butterball.  a small North American diving duck, Bucephala (or Glaucionetta ) albeola : the male has black-and-white plumage and a fluffy head

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Other Word Forms

• buffleheaded
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of bufflehead

1855–60, buffle ( see buff ¹) + head

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bufflehead

You tip this ol' bufflehead into sea,' you said, 'an' gormed if I don't give 'ee a gould savrin.'

From Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm by Armand Both

You don't wanna bull along regardless like a bufflehead in this, Racey.

From The Heart of the Range by William Patterson White

Look here, friends—take a look at the bufflehead!

From I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

He tells me that Townsend, of the Wardrobe, is the veriest knave and bufflehead that over he saw. 30th.

From The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Richard Griffin, Baron Braybrooke

You tip this ol' bufflehead into watter,' you said, 'an' gormed if I don't give 'ee a poond note.'

From Love Among the Chickens by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse