whitehead

See also: Whitehead

English

Etymology

From white +‎ head.

Noun

whitehead (plural whiteheads)

1. (dermatology) A pimple formed by a clogged sebaceous gland, usually with a milky-white cap.

   Coordinate term: blackhead

   Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom.

   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 151:

     Ma was taking a sterilized needle to a whitehead on my chin.

2. A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla)
3. The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
4. The surf scoter duck.
5. A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.

Derived terms

• like a whitehead
• whiteheaded

 

Translations

A passerine bird of NZ

• Maori: pōpokotea

pimple

• Finnish: valkopää (fi)
• German: Mitesser (de) m, Komedo (de) m
• Ukrainian: вуго́р m (vuhór)