BUFFLEHEAD

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Meaning:

Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

Synonyms:

Bucephela albeola; bufflehead; butterball; dipper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bufflehead" is a kind of...):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

Holonyms ("bufflehead" is a member of...):

Bucephala; genus Bucephala (buffleheads and goldeneyes)

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