hardhead
Meanings
noun
- One who is practical or hardheaded.
- A brown diving duck, Aythya australis, native to Australia.
- Any of certain saltwater sciaenid (Sciaenidae) fishes.
- Mylopharodon conocephalus of fresh waters in California.
- Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus Centaurea, especially Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens).
- Residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process.
- Clash or collision of heads in contest.
- A Scottish billon coin circulated in the reigns of Mary and James VI.
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Etymology
From hard + head.
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