whalehead

noun — 2 senses

whalehead

noun

1

Synonym of shoebill (wading bird)

The shoebill, whalehead or boatbill, as it is sometimes called, is one of Africa's strangest and rarest endemics.1999, Christ Stuart, Birds of Africa: From Seabirds to Seed-eaters, page 40:

2

A type of sand dune in North Carolina.

The strong north winds pile the sands up into great barchannes or medanoes, crescentic sand dunes known locally as whaleheads, which are moving steadily southward.1912, William Bullock Clark, The Coastal Plain of North Carolina, page 32:
Huge dunes, called “whaleheads” by locals, developed on Hatteras during this time and swept across the island.2013, Renee Wright, Explorer's Guide North Carolina's Outer Banks & Crystal Coast:

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