Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The wigeon of the Americas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person with a bald head.
- noun In ornithology, a kind of duck with white on the head; a widgeon, Mareca penelope and M. americana. See cut under
widgeon . - Lacking hair on the pate; shorn of hair.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded.
- noun A baldheaded person.
- noun (Zoöl.) The American widgeon (
Anas Americana ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
bald -headed person. - noun A bird, the
American wigeon (Anas americana).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person whose head is bald
- noun a widgeon the male of which has a white crown
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the Hand The male's white crown patch, which gives the bird the nickname "baldpate," is impossible to miss, but it can be indistinct until November.
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In the Hand The male's white crown patch, which gives the bird the nickname "baldpate," is impossible to miss, but it can be indistinct until November.
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Standing about four inches shorter than Stefàn, but more solidly built, he sported a shiny baldpate and his skin was the color of creamy peanut butter.
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Standing about four inches shorter than Stefàn, but more solidly built, he sported a shiny baldpate and his skin was the color of creamy peanut butter.
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Standing about four inches shorter than Stefàn, but more solidly built, he sported a shiny baldpate and his skin was the color of creamy peanut butter.
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Standing about four inches shorter than Stefàn, but more solidly built, he sported a shiny baldpate and his skin was the color of creamy peanut butter.
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He was thin with a fringe of white hair around his ears and nothing on top but baldpate.
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He was thin with a fringe of white hair around his ears and nothing on top but baldpate.
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He was thin with a fringe of white hair around his ears and nothing on top but baldpate.
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A paunchy fifty-four years old, he habitually wore a suit and bow tie, which went well with his toothbrush mustache and baldpate.
reesetee commented on the word baldpate
Obsolete name for American wigeon.
December 7, 2007