n. The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica).
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
n. The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The monkey or weight of a pile-driver.
n. A beetle-headed or stupid fellow.
n. A name of the Swiss or black-bellied plover, Squatarola helvetica.
Word Usage
"So that if there be any beetlehead or grosse person, the better to allure and prouoke him to those follies, they tell him by a common Prouerbe: That he must go to Valencia."