Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greenhead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: green-head
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly.

noun

noun

A fish, the striped bass.

name

A village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY6665).

name

A hamlet in Kingsley parish and Cheadle parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9846).

name

A suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8054).

name

A hamlet east of Selkirk, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4929).

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From green + head.

Inflected Forms

greenheads (plural) green head (alternative)

Phrases

greenhead ant greenhead bream greenhead shiner greenhead tilapia perennial greenhead sedge

Questions

What does greenhead mean?: Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly.
Where does greenhead come from?: From green + head.

How to pronounce greenhead

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