noun
Meaning 1
A stupid person; a blockhead.
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Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
beetlehead
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noun
Meaning 2
The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Pluvialis squatarola).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *bautilaz Proto-West Germanic *bautil Old English bīetelder. Old English bȳtel Middle English betel English beetle substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English headder. English -head English beetlehead From beetle + -head. See beetle (“a mallet”).