whitehead

Meanings

Plural: whiteheads

Noun

• English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)
• a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland
• 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.
• A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla).
• The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
• The surf scoter duck.
• A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.

Synonyms

Alfred North Whitehead, closed comedo, milium