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loggerhead

გამოთქმა: /ˈlɒgəhɛd/

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Universal
  • 1 (also loggerhead turtle) a reddish-brown turtle with a very large head, occurring chiefly in warm seas.
    • Caretta caretta, family Cheloniidae
  • Caretta caretta, family Cheloniidae
  • 2 (also loggerhead shrike) a widespread North American shrike, having mainly grey plumage with a black eyestripe, wings, and tail.
    • Lanius ludovicianus, family Laniidae
  • Lanius ludovicianus, family Laniidae
  • 3 archaic a foolish person.

at loggerheads

in violent dispute or disagreement:councillors were at loggerheads with the government over the grant allocation
[perhaps a use of loggerhead in the late 17th-century sense 'long-handled iron instrument for heating liquids and tar' (when wielded as a weapon)]

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