beetlehead

English

Alternative forms

beetle-head

Etymology

From beetle +‎ head. See beetle (“a mallet”).

Noun

beetlehead (plural beetleheads) (obsolete)

  1. A stupid person; a blockhead.
  2. The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Pluvialis squatarola).

References

“beetlehead”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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