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Bucephala

noun

buffleheads and goldeneyes

• Syn: ↑genus Bucephala

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anatidae, ↑family Anatidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑bufflehead, ↑butterball, ↑dipper, ↑Bucephela albeola, ↑goldeneye, ↑whistler, ↑Bucephela clangula

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\\byüˈsefələ\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek boukephalē, feminine of boukephalos bullheaded, from bous bull, ox, head of cattle + kephalē head — more at cow, cephalic

: a genus of ducks consisting of the goldeneyes and the buffleheads

Useful english dictionary. 2012.