Hardhead

·noun The gray whale.

II. Hardhead ·noun A California salmon; the steelhead.

III. Hardhead ·noun Clash or collision of heads in contest.

IV. Hardhead ·noun Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.

V. Hardhead ·noun The menhaden. ·see Menhaden.

VI. Hardhead ·noun A coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).

hardhead
n. the English sportsman's name for theruddy duck (Erismatura rubida). Applied by sportsmen inAustr...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
hardhead
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.