loggerhead

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Definitions of loggerhead
  1. noun
    very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas
    synonyms: Caretta caretta, loggerhead turtle
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    type of:
    marine turtle, sea turtle
    any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas
  2. noun
    a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
    synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dunce, dunderhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull
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    type of:
    dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person
    a person who is not very bright
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