flat-headedadj.
/ˈflathɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌflætˈhɛdəd/, /ˈflætˌhɛdəd/Thesaurus »
a. Having a flat head or top.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a hat > types of
flat-headed1667
straw-hattedc1730
beavered1742
cocked-hatted1821
slouch-hatted1826
high-hatted1858
plug-hatted1869
sun-helmeted1886
pot-hatted1888
sou'-westered1891
cowboy-hatted1896
sombreroed1899
top hat1902
picture-hatted1906
bowler-hatted1909
sailor-hatted1909
tile-hatted1924
Stetsoned1935
trilbied1966
trilby-hatted1975
1667 G. Digby Elvira iii. 36 A sharp pointed Hat, (Now that you see the Gallants all Flat headed), Appears not so ridiculous, as [etc.].
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 103 The larger, smooth, and flat-headed Amphisbæna.
1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges iv. 195 Flat headed boats.
1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. vi. 99 I have not a spark of sense to distinguish me from a flat-headed Lapp, if she refuses.
1881 E. A. Freeman Sketch Subj. Lands Venice 216 This doorway is flat-headed and has lost all mediæval character.
c. flat-headed borer n. U.S. a larva of any beetle of the family Buprestidæ, which bores in the bark and sapwood of trees.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > member of family Buprestidae > larva of or flat-headed borer
flat-headed borer1882
1882 M. Treat Injurious Insects 144 The Flat-Headed Apple-Tree Borer..may at once be recognized by it [sic] anterior ends being enormously enlarged and flattened.
1882 M. Treat Injurious Insects 145 This Flat-headed borer is far more common with our Eastern brethren.
1926 E. O. Essig Insects Western N. Amer. xxiii. 395 The larvæ [of the family Buprestidæ] are known as flat-headed borers because of the greatly enlarged and flattened thoracic segments.
1968 Gloss. Terms Timber Preservation (B.S.I.) 13 Buprestidae, a family of beetles, often brightly coloured or of metallic brilliance, which bore in or under the bark or in the sapwood of dying trees or timber; called ‘flat-headed borers’ in the U.S.A.
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