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blackhead

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Meaning

  1. noun A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
  2. noun A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
  3. noun A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.

Similar words

comedo comedone carbuncle cockhead charbon colback chickenhead concealer conehead carbunkle

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Word family

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