"whalehead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: whaleheads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} whalehead (plural whaleheads)
  1. Synonym of shoebill (wading bird) Categories (lifeform): Freshwater birds Synonyms: shoebill [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-whalehead-en-noun-lCK1OHU3 Disambiguation of Freshwater birds: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 77 23
  2. A type of sand dune in North Carolina.
    Sense id: en-whalehead-en-noun-EXEMHN9M

Inflected forms

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