bufflehead

bufflehead

English

Male

Female

Wikispecies

Etymology

Compound of buffle (“buffalo”) +‎ head, so called for its large head.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌfəlhɛd/

Noun

bufflehead (plural buffleheads)

1. A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola. [from 1850s]

   Synonym: woolhead

2. (obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [from 1650s]
   • 1694, unknown translation, Plautus:

     What makes you stare so, bufflehead?

Translations

a duck in the goldeneye genus

Breton: garv kilpenn gwenn Catalan: morell capblanc m Czech: hohol bělavý (cs) m Dutch: buffelkopeend (nl) Esperanto: grandkapa klangulo Finnish: pikkutelkkä (fi) French: garrot albéole m, petit garrot m German: Büffelkopfente f Hungarian: fehérfejű kerceréce Italian: quattrocchi minore m Japanese: 姫羽白 (himehajiro), ヒメハジロ Nahuatl: āmanacocheh Navajo: ayánítsiiʼí Norwegian: Bokmål: bøffeland f Polish: gągołek (pl) m Portuguese: pato-de-touca-branca m Russian: ма́лый го́голь m (mályj gógolʹ) Spanish: porrón coronado m, pato moñudo m, pato pinto m, porrón albeola m Swedish: buffelhuvud c Ukrainian: малий гоголь m (malyj hoholʹ)

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “bufflehead”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.