whitehead

noun

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.

   “Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom.”

   “Ma was taking a sterilized needle to a whitehead on my chin.”

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.
6. A form of self-propelling torpedo.

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