Meaning of Blackhead | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
   countable
2. A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
   uncountable
3. A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
   countable

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Examples

“See there! A son is born And we pronounce him fit to fight There are blackheads on his shoulders And he pees himself in the night.”

“Wallace sees a cluster of tiny blackheads at the corner of his nose.”

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