Meaning of LOGGERHEAD
| Pronunciation: | | 'logur`hed
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- [n] very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide ranging in warm open seas
- [n] these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
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| | Synonyms: | | blockhead, bonehead, Caretta caretta, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead turtle, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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| | See Also: | | Caretta, genus Caretta, marine turtle, sea turtle, simple, simpleton | |
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| | Definition: | | \Log"ger*head`\, n. [Log + head.]
1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. --Shak. Milton.
2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat
tar.
3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat,
over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running
out too fast. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A very large marine turtle ({Thalassochelys
caretta, or caouana}), common in the warmer parts of the
Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also
{logger-headed turtle}.
5. (Zo["o]l.) An American shrike ({Lanius Ludovicianus}),
similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See {Shrike}.
{To be at loggerheads}, {To fall to loggerheads}, or {To go
to loggerheads}, to quarrel; to be at strife. --L' Estrange.
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