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beetlehead

Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n.

  1. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. Uranidea gobio of Europe, and Uranidea Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb.

    2. In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.

    3. A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.

  2. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. The black-bellied plover ( Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.

    2. The golden plover.

  3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.]
    --Jonson.

  4. (Zo["o]l.) A small black water insect.
    --E. Phillips.

    Bullhead whiting (Zo["o]l.), the kingfish of Florida ( Menticirrus alburnus).

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beetlehead

n. 1 A stupid fellow; a blockhead. 2 The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (''Squatarola helvetica'').

Usage examples of "beetlehead".

He'd hoped to land square on top of this two-hundred-pound beetlehead, but that's not the way the wheel spun.

If Ed Whitbred and his beetleheaded assistant had won the contract, they might well be there the next day.