hardhead

See also: hard head

English

Etymology

hard +‎ head

Noun

hardhead (plural hardheads)

1. One who is practical or hardheaded.
2. A brown diving duck, Aythya australis, native to Australia.
3. Any of various freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus , or of saltwater sciaenid (Sciaenidae) fishes.
4. Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus Centaurea, particularly Russian knapweed ().
5. (metallurgy) Residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process.
6. (obsolete) Clash or collision of heads in contest.

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

Translations

practical or harheaded person

• Finnish: kovakallo
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Aythya australis

• Dutch: Australische witoogeend f
• Finnish: australiansotka (fi)
• German: Australische Moorente f
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• Navajo: Nahatʼeʼiitsoh Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełí binááʼ łigaaígíí
• Polish: podgorzałka australijska f

Further reading

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