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hardhead

  • /ˈhɑɹdˌhɛd/ US

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From hard + head.

noun hardheads

  1. One who is practical or hardheaded.
  2. A brown diving duck, Aythya australis, native to Australia.
  3. Any of certain saltwater sciaenid (Sciaenidae) fishes.
  4. Mylopharodon conocephalus of fresh waters in California.
  5. Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus Centaurea, especially Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens).
  6. Residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process.
  7. obsolete Clash or collision of heads in contest. Both play at hardhead till they break their brains
  8. historical A Scottish billon coin circulated in the reigns of Mary and James VI.

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noun practical or harheaded person

Kiswahilikichwa ngumu

noun Aythya australis

Françaisfuligule austral
DeutschAustralische Moorente

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@misc{hardhead_2026,
  title = {hardhead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hardhead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}