whitehead

Meanings

1. A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium.
2. A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla).
3. The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
4. The surf scoter duck.
5. A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.

1. A surname.
2. A place name:
3. A small coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; a headland there is named White Head (Irish grid ref J 4791).
4. A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Whitehead.
5. A community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
7. A township in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States.

1. A form of self-propelling torpedo.

Etymology

From white + head.