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Webster 1913 Edition


Beetlehead

Bee′tle-headˊ

,
Noun.
[
Beetle
a mallet +
head
.]
1.
A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
(Zool.)
The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (
Squatarola helvetica
). See
Plover
.

Definition 2024


beetlehead

beetlehead

English

Noun

beetlehead (plural beetleheads)

  1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
  2. The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica).