Whalehead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of shoebill (wading bird)

    "The shoebill, whalehead or boatbill, as it is sometimes called, is one of Africa's strangest and rarest endemics."

  2. 2
    A type of sand dune in North Carolina.

    "The strong north winds pile the sands up into great barchannes or medanoes, crescentic sand dunes known locally as whaleheads, which are moving steadily southward."

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shoebill

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"The shoebill, whalehead or boatbill, as it is sometimes called, is one of Africa's strangest and rarest endemics."

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north carolinasand dune

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