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Definition of Buffleheads

bufflehead
Buffel duck Buf"fel duck (b[u^]f"f[e^]l d[u^]k`). [See Buffalo.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Bufflehead
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.

Meaning of Buffleheads from wikipedia

- habitat. From 1966 – 2015, the bufflehead experienced a >1.5% yearly po****tion increase throughout its breeding range. Buffleheads have evolved their small...
- wife bought a 12-acre (4.9 ha) farm in Middletown, New Jersey, called "Bufflehead Farm". The Stewarts operate it as a sanctuary for abused animals. Four...
- Duck Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Superfamily:...
- " and kephale, "head"), a reference to the bulbous head shape of the bufflehead. The species name is derived from the Latin clangere ("to resound"). Common...
- suitable for birds as Roberts Bay due to pollution and high disturbance. Bufflehead migrates short distances, and breeds mainly occur in Alaska, British Columbia...
- "bull" and kephale, "head", a reference to the bulbous head shape of the bufflehead. The species name islandica means Iceland. Barrow's goldeneye was formally...
- was introduced in 1858 by American naturalist Spencer Baird with the bufflehead as the type species. The genus name is derived from Ancient Gr**** βουκέφαλος...
- (formerly known in the U.S. as oldsquaw), scoters, goldeneyes, mergansers, bufflehead and eiders, are also sometimes colloquially referred to in North America...
- (Phalaropus fulicarius) (31%) and bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) (19%). Witnessed attacks were mostly upon buffleheads in Oregon. In coastal southwestern...
- by hunters and wildfowlers to attract ducks, such as mallard, teals, bufflehead and wigeon, at dawn and at dusk. The ponds have shallow edges to allow...