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☆ buffle·head (buf′əl hed′)

noun

a small North American duck (Bucephala albeola), black on top and white underneath

Etymology: obs. buffle, buffalo, fool < Fr (see buff) + head

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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