whitehead
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English
Etymology
Noun
whitehead (plural whiteheads)
- A pimple formed by a clogged sebaceous gland, usually with a milky-white cap.
- Coordinate term: blackhead
- Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom.
- 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 151:
- Ma was taking a sterilized needle to a whitehead on my chin.
- A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla)
- The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
- The surf scoter duck.
- A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.
Derived terms
Translations
A passerine bird of NZ
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