whitehead

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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.

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