the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A baldheaded person.
n. The American widgeon (Anas Americana).
adj. Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A person with a bald head.
n. 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.
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n. a person whose head is bald
n. a widgeon the male of which has a white crown
Word Usage
"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."