Hard"head` (?), n.

1.

Clash or collision of heads in contest.

Dryden.

2. Zool. (a)

The menhaden. See Menhaden.

[Local, U.S.] (b)

Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe

. (c)

A California salmon; the steelhead

. (d)

The gray whale

. See Gray whale, under Gray. (e)

A coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).

 

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