hardhead

See also: hard head

English

A female Hardhead

Etymology

From hard +‎ head.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹdˌhɛd/

Noun

hardhead (plural hardheads)

1. One who is practical or hardheaded.
2. A brown diving duck, Aythya australis, native to Australia.
3. Any of certain saltwater sciaenid (Sciaenidae) fishes.
4. Mylopharodon conocephalus of fresh waters in California.
6. Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus Centaurea, especially Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens).
7. (metallurgy) Residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process.
8. (obsolete) Clash or collision of heads in contest.
   • 1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     Both play at hardhead till they break their brains

9. (historical) A Scottish billon coin circulated in the reigns of Mary and James VI.

Derived terms

• hardhead catfish (Ariopsis felis)

Translations

practical or harheaded person

• Finnish: kovakallo
• Maori: ūpoko mārō
• Polish: realista (pl) m, realistka (pl) f

Aythya australis

• Dutch: Australische witoogeend (nl) f
• Finnish: australiansotka (fi)
• French: fuligule austral m
• German: Australische Moorente f
• Polish: podgorzałka australijska f

See also

• hardhat

Further reading

• Aythya australis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sciaenidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Centaurea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Acroptilon repens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies