| 单词 | moss-head | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoss-head   moss-head  n. U.S. regional the hooded merganser,  Mergus cucullatus. ΚΠ 1888    G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 75  				The colored women often use a large bunch of ‘Florida moss’, Tillandsia usneoides, as a cushion for the heavy loads they carry on their heads, and I am inclined to believe that ‘Moss-head’ was suggested by this practice, rather than by any resemblance to moss in the bird's crest. 1917    T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 112/1  				Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnæus). Other Names.—..Moss-head. 1949    A. Sprunt  & E. B. Chamberlain S. Carolina Bird Life 145  				Hooded Merganser... Local names: hairyhead;..mosshead. < as lemmas | 
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