Found 2 items, similar to hardheads.
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Definition: hardheads
hardheads
n : a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers;
native to Europe but widely naturalized [syn:
lesser knapweed
,
black knapweed,
Centaurea nigra]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: hardhead
Gray
\Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar.
Grayer; superl.
Grayest.]
[OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw,
OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
[Written also
grey.]
1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white
mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of
ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed
color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
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These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
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3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
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4. gloomy; dismal.
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Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
Gray buck (Zo["o]l.), the chickara.
Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
Gray duck (Zo["o]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
female mallard.
Gray falcon (Zo["o]l.) the peregrine falcon.
Gray Friar. See
Franciscan, and
Friar.
Gray hen (Zo["o]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
grouse. See
Heath grouse.
Gray mill or
Gray millet (Bot.), a name of several plants
of the genus
Lithospermum; gromwell.
Gray mullet (Zo["o]l.) any one of the numerous species of
the genus
Mugil, or family
Mugilid[ae], found both in
the Old World and America; as the European species
(
Mugilid[ae] capito, and
Mugilid[ae] auratus), the
American striped mullet (
Mugilid[ae] albula), and the
white or silver mullet (
Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis). See
Mullet.
Gray owl (Zo["o]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
(
Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl (
Ulula cinerea)
inhabits arctic America.
Gray parrot (Zo["o]l.), an African parrot (
Psittacus erithacus
), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its
aptness in learning to talk. Also called
jako.
Gray pike. (Zo["o]l.) See
Sauger.
Gray snapper (Zo["o]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
See
Snapper.
Gray snipe (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
Gray whale (Zo["o]l.), a rather large and swift whale of
the northern Pacific (
Eschrichtius robustus, formerly
Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal
fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).
It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of
California, and is now rare; -- called also
grayback,
devilfish, and
hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years
and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
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Gray whale
\Gray whale\ (Zo["o]l.),
a rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific
(
Eschrichtius robustus, formerly
Rhachianectes glaucus),
having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also
grayback,
devilfish, and
hardhead. It grows to a length
of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in
large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare. It
lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40
tons.
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Steelhead
\Steel"head`\ (-h[e^]d`), n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A North Pacific salmon (
Salmo Gairdneri)
found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also
hardhead, and
preestl.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) The ruddy duck.
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menhaden
\men*ha"den\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American marine fish (
Brevoortia tyrannus) of the
Herring family (
Clupeidae), chiefly valuable for its oil
and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also
mossbunker,
bony fish,
chebog,
pogy,
hardhead,
whitefish, etc.
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Ruddy
\Rud"dy\, a. [Compar.
Ruddier; superl.
Ruddiest.] [AS.
rudig. See
Rud, n.]
1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
flame. --Milton.
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They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
7.
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2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
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Ruddy duck (Zo["o]l.), an American duck (
Erismatura rubida
) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail
composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich
brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the
top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the
cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed
with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also
dunbird,
dundiver,
ruddy diver,
stifftail,
spinetail,
hardhead,
sleepy duck,
fool duck,
spoonbill, etc.
Ruddy plover (Zo["o]l.) the sanderling.
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