greenhead en · NOUN
Etymology
From green + head.
Meanings
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Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly.
Fascinated with the island’s bugs that cause Lyme disease and other illnesses, he traps greenhead flies, and plucks ticks off deer that hunters shoot, shipping bottled bugs to mainland researchers.
2007 August 12, Pam Belluck, “Nantucket’s Medical Mr. Fix-It for Whatever Happens to Ail You”, in New York Times:
- The mallard.
- A fish, the striped bass.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| greenheads | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| green head | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
perennial greenhead sedge · greenhead ant · greenhead shiner · greenhead bream · greenhead tilapia