"melon head" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-melon head.ogg [Australia] Forms: melon heads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} melon head (plural melon heads)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) A dimwit, a fool Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-melon_head-en-noun-4f8Qp~9i
  2. A melon-headed whale Categories (lifeform): Delphinids Related terms: melon-headed
    Sense id: en-melon_head-en-noun-CxDCozNj Disambiguation of Delphinids: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 99

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for melon head meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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