loggerhead

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.

   “Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.”

2. isim A metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end that is made hot in a fire, then plunged into some material (such as pitch or a liquid) to melt or heat it.

   “Stalleen Station. Four new sets of hand-rails, one new foot-board, and one new sluice have been put on. A new balance beam has been put on the guard lock, and the sluices, bearing irons, and loggerheads secured. The other works are in good order.”

3. isim A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.
4. isim A thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).

   “Loggerheads, from the resemblance of its knobbed involucres to a weapon so called, consisting of a ball of iron at the end of a stick, the knapweed, the Clobbewed of old MSS. Centaurea nigra, L.”

5. isim The loggerhead duck or Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus; formerly Tachyeres cinereus), a species of steamer duck endemic to the Falkland Islands.

   “But here is a ſpecies of ducks, called the loggerhead, from its large head. They have ſhort wings, are unable to fly, and only ſwim and flap along on the water at an extraordinary rate.”

6. isim The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus), a bird endemic to the Caribbean and West Indies.
7. isim The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus), a bird endemic to Jamaica.

   “Myiarchus validus, Cab. (Tyrannus crinitus, Gosse.)—The Red Petchary of the South and the Red Loggerhead of the mountains and Western districts agrees with the common Loggerhead in its general habits, except that of association; it is always found solitary, or in pairs; […]”

8. isim The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a bird endemic to North America.
9. isim The loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor), a large-headed turtle endemic to the United States.

   “Sternotherus minor (Agassiz) / Loggerhead musk-turtle / […] Most numerous in large calcareous springs, where they may be seen at night wandering around on the bottom, especially about piles of debris.”

10. isim The loggerhead sea turtle or loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an oceanic turtle found throughout the world.

    “The Loggerhead is ſo called from the largeneſs of its head, which is much bigger in proportion than that of other kinds. The fleſh of this alſo is very rank, and not eaten but in caſe of neceſſity.”