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词汇 bufflehead
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Definition of bufflehead in English:

bufflehead

noun ˈbʌf(ə)lhɛdˈbəflhed
  • A small North American diving duck related to the goldeneye, with a large puffy head. The male has white plumage with a black back.

    (产于北美的)白枕鹊鸭

    Bucephala albeola, family Anatidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The marsh hawk perches in a bare cottonwood tree, scowling at a flock of bufflehead ducks bobbing on the marsh.
    • And wigeon and scaup, teal and shovelers, buffleheads and a few mottled ducks.
    • These ducks are diving, not just dunking, but really diving under the water head first, going completely under like a merganser or bufflehead, and not appearing to be surface feeding at all.
    • Neophytes at duck identification often confuse a bufflehead with a male hooded merganser when the latter's crest is raised showing a large patch of white feathers.
    • The sea ducks - common golden-eyes and buffleheads - are up in central Alaska.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense 'simpleton'): from obsolete buffle 'buffalo' + head. The current sense (mid 18th century) may be an independent formation because of the duck's large square-shaped head.

Definition of bufflehead in US English:

bufflehead

nounˈbəflhed
  • A small North American diving duck related to the goldeneye, with a large puffy head. The male has white plumage with a black back.

    (产于北美的)白枕鹊鸭

    Bucephala albeola, family Anatidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sea ducks - common golden-eyes and buffleheads - are up in central Alaska.
    • These ducks are diving, not just dunking, but really diving under the water head first, going completely under like a merganser or bufflehead, and not appearing to be surface feeding at all.
    • And wigeon and scaup, teal and shovelers, buffleheads and a few mottled ducks.
    • Neophytes at duck identification often confuse a bufflehead with a male hooded merganser when the latter's crest is raised showing a large patch of white feathers.
    • The marsh hawk perches in a bare cottonwood tree, scowling at a flock of bufflehead ducks bobbing on the marsh.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘simpleton’): from obsolete buffle ‘buffalo’ + head. The current sense (mid 18th century) may be an independent formation because of the duck's large square-shaped head.

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