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bufflehead

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buf·fle·head  (bfl-hd)
n.
A small North American diving duck (Bucephala albeola) having black and white plumage and a densely feathered, rounded head. Also called butterball.
[Obsolete buffle, buffalo (from French, from Late Latin bfalus; see buffalo) + head.]
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Noun1.buffleheadbufflehead - small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
Bucephela albeola, butterball, dipper
duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Bucephala, genus Bucephala - buffleheads and goldeneyes


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