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   loggerhead

   /ˈlɒɡəhɛd/

   noun

   • 1. a reddish-brown turtle with a very large head, occurring chiefly in warm seas.
   • 2. a widespread North American shrike, having mainly grey plumage with a black eyestripe, wings, and tail.
   • 3. a foolish person. archaic

   Word Origin late 16th century (in loggerhead (sense 3)): from dialect logger ‘block of wood for hobbling a horse’ + head.

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