whitehead

Meaning

1. A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium.
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.

Synonyms

milium

blackhead

comedo

Translations

بقعة الجلد البيضاء

Finne

Mitesser

Komedo

λευκή δερματική κηλίδα

κέγχριο

comédon

milium

whitehead

Enicostema

Enicostema verticillatum

Mohoua albicilla

cravo

comedão

Etymology

From white + head.