Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus.

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Examples

  • They'll stick their iron on anything from a wobbly calf or dying dogie to a staggering-with-age mosshead, an 'shout' tally one 'with the same joy.

    Bar-20 Days Clarence Edward Mulford 1919

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  • Hooded merganser.

    February 24, 2009

  • More to yoink! Thanks.

    I've also seen "moss head" used to describe a type of turkey.

    February 24, 2009