flinthead in British English
(ˈflɪntˌhɛd)
noun
a type of large American wading bird, Mycteria Americana, similar to the stork
Also called: wood ibis, wood storkflinthead in American English
(ˈflɪntˌhed)
noun
the wood stork Mycteria americana
Word origin
[1790–1800, for an earlier sense; flint + head]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: echelon, gelatin, ideology, infiltration, stereotypeImage offlinthead
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