n.
the English sportsman's name for theruddy duck (Erismatura rubida). Applied by sportsmen inAustralia to the White-eyed Duck, Nyroca australis,Gould. See Duck.
·noun The gray whale. II. Hardhead ·noun A California salmon; the steelhead. III. Hardhead ·noun C...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A fish of the herring species; the menhaden; so called in the State of Maine. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.