greenhead
Etymology
From green + head.
greenhead means A village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY6665). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.
name
- A village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY6665).
- A hamlet in Kingsley parish and Cheadle parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9846).
- A suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8054).
- A hamlet east of Selkirk, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4929).
noun
- Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly.“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.”
- The mallard.
- A fish, the striped bass.