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- Dictionaryloggerhead/ˈlɒɡəhɛd/
noun
- 1. a reddish-brown turtle with a very large head, occurring chiefly in warm seas.
- 2. a widespread North American shrike, having mainly grey plumage with a black eyestripe, wings, and tail.
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loggerheads | American Dictionary. plural noun. us / ˈlɔ·ɡərˌhedz, ˈlɑɡ·ər- / Add to word list. strong disagreement: The principal and the teachers were at loggerheads over some of the new school rules. (Definition of loggerheads from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of loggerheads?
especially : a disproportionately large head. 2. a. : a very large chiefly carnivorous sea turtle (Caretta caretta) of subtropical and temperate waters. b. : alligator snapping turtle. 3. : an iron tool consisting of a long handle terminating in a ball or bulb that is heated and used to melt tar or to heat liquids. Illustration of loggerhead.
LOGGERHEAD definition: 1. a type of turtle (= an animal living in or near water with a thick shell covering its body) that…. Learn more.
Loggerhead definition: a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.. See examples of LOGGERHEAD used in a sentence.
very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas. synonyms: Caretta caretta, loggerhead turtle. see more. noun. a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence. synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dunce, dunderhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull. see more.
noun. 1. Also called: loggerhead turtle. a large-headed turtle, Caretta caretta, occurring in most seas: family Chelonidae. 2. See loggerhead shrike. 3. a tool consisting of a large metal sphere attached to a long handle, used for warming liquids, melting tar, etc. 4. a strong round upright post in a whaleboat for belaying the line of a harpoon.
log•ger•head. (ˈlɔ gərˌhɛd, ˈlɒg ər-) n. 1. a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead. 2. loggerhead turtle. 3. loggerhead shrike. 4. a ball or bulb of iron with a long handle, used, after being heated, to melt tar, heat liquids, etc. Idioms: at loggerheads, in conflict; quarreling.
