3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Buffel duck \Buf"fel duck\ (b[u^]f"f[e^]l d[u^]k`). [See {Buffalo}.] (Zool.) A small duck ({Charitonetta albeola}); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also {bufflehead}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bufflehead \Buf"fle*head`\, n. [Buffle + head.] 1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] What makes you stare so, bufflehead? --Plautus (trans. 1694). [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. See {Buffel duck}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: bufflehead n : small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage [syn: {butterball}, {dipper}, {Bucephela albeola}]
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