blackhead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
  2. A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
  3. A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.

Pronunciation

/ˈblæk.hɛd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-RachelBanner-blackhead.wav

Word forms

blackhead blackheads

Etymology

From black + head.

Synonyms

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.