beetlehead
English
editEtymology
editFrom beetle + head. See beetle (“a mallet”).
Alternative forms
editNoun
editbeetlehead (plural beetleheads) (obsolete)
- A stupid person; a blockhead.
- The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Pluvialis squatarola).
References
edit“beetlehead”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.