Definition of bufflehead
: a small North American diving duck (Bucephala albeola)
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Ring-necked ducks, buffleheads and hooded mergansers arrive for the winter.
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Unlike the chubby bufflehead ducks nearby, the mergansers were low-slung and long, and far more colorful.
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Origin and Etymology of bufflehead
archaic English buffle buffalo + English head
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