flinthead

[ flint-hed ]

noun

1. the wood stork, Mycteria americana.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flinthead¹

1790–1800, for an earlier sense; flint + head

Example Sentences

Flinthead led out a horse, mounted and rode down a lane, propping the gates open as he went.

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"Well, you and Mr. Potter and Mr. Flinthead just keep out of it," said Adine emphatically.

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Woe to the unlucky fish or luckless rat upon whom a blow falls from the Flinthead's heavy beak!

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On the morning of the roundup young Goff and Flinthead made a wide detour to appear at the easternmost side.

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