Bufflehead \Buf"fle*head`\, n. [Buffle + head.]
1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs.]
What makes you stare so, bufflehead? --Plautus
(trans. 1694).
2. (Zo["o]l.) The buffel duck. See {Buffel duck}.
bufflehead
n : small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
plumage [syn: {butterball}, {dipper}, {Bucephela albeola}]