bufflehead

English

Male

Female

Etymology

Compound of buffle (“buffalo”) +‎ head, so called for its large head.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʌfəlhɛd/

Noun

bufflehead (plural buffleheads)

A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola. [from 1850s]
Synonyms: butterbox, woolhead
(obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [from 1650s]
- 1694, unknown translation, Plautus:
  What makes you stare so, bufflehead?

Translations

a duck in the goldeneye genus

Breton: garv kilpenn gwenn
Catalan: morell capblanc m
Czech: hohol bělavý (cs) m
Dutch: buffelkopeend (nl)
Esperanto: grandkapa klangulo
Finnish: pikkutelkkä (fi)
French: garrot albéole m, petit garrot m
German: Büffelkopfente f
Hungarian: fehérfejű kerceréce
Italian: quattrocchi minore m
Japanese: 姫羽白 (himehajiro), ヒメハジロ
Nahuatl: āmanacocheh
Navajo: ayánítsiiʼí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bøffeland f
Polish: gągołek (pl) m
Portuguese: pato-de-touca-branca m
Russian: ма́лый го́голь m (mályj gógolʹ)
Spanish: porrón coronado m, pato moñudo m, pato pinto m, porrón albeola m
Swedish: buffelhuvud c
Ukrainian: малий гоголь m (malyj hoholʹ)

Further reading

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bufflehead”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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