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[ UK /lˈɒɡəhˌɛd/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɑɡɝˌhɛd/ ]
NOUN
  1. very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas
  2. a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

How To Use loggerhead In A Sentence

  • Since 2001, areas north of Point Conception to an intersect with the Oregon coast has been closed to drift gillnet fishing from August 15th through November 15th in order to protect endangered leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles. Permit to Kill Pacific Sea Turtles and Whales Requested by Seafood Company
  • Animal tracks, such as those of this baby loggerhead turtle, are most easily seen in snow, mud, or sand.
  • The area supports a number of species locally threatened or at their biogeographic limits, including golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, prairie falcon Falco mexicanus, ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis, loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus, merlin Falco columbarius, Brewers sparrow Spizella breweri and grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum. Dinosaur Provincial Park, Canada
  • It is thickset, with a large mouth, thick white lips and a large blunt head, hence the nickname Loggerhead.
  • CHARLESTON, SC - Veterinarians at the South Carolina Aquarium sea turtle hospital in Charleston say they've made great progress in helping a loggerhead turtle suffering from lockjaw. Anderson Independent Mail Stories
  • For months dentists and the health department have been at loggerheads over fees.
  • Populations of acid frogs such as Wallum froglet Crinia tinnula, Cooloola sedgefrog Litoria cooloolensis, Wallum rocketfrog L. freycineti and Wallum sedgefrog L. olongburensis occur, as do breeding colonies of loggerhead turtle Caretta Caretta (EN) and green turtle Chelonia mydas (EN). Fraser Island, Australia
  • She helped protect the endangered loggerhead and green turtles.
  • WWF campaigners say the island is the second most important breeding ground for the loggerhead turtle.
  • Here are three sorts of sea-turtle, namely hawksbill, loggerhead, and green: but none of them are in any esteem, neither Spaniards nor Portuguese loving them: nay they have a great antipathy against them, and would much rather eat a porpoise, though our English count the green turtle very extraordinary food. A Voyage to New Holland
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