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beetlehead

noun

Etymology

From beetle + head. See beetle (“a mallet”).

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as beetlehead — “beetle + head”

Definitions

  1. A stupid person

    A stupid person; a blockhead.

  2. The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Pluvialis squatarola).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA