At 9:45, a green-head circles around the area and drops gracefully to the water amidst the decoys. From Wordnik.com. [Confederacy of Silence] Reference
He could hear the sweet flute-notes of teal and pintails, and the raucous, cautious quack of some old green-head. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
First flock of the day came in to our dekes from the left, I cart-wheeled the 3rd drake green-head leaving the other two for my buddies. From Wordnik.com. [Bourjaily on Ducking and Covering] Reference
The show had just a few performances at an outdoor theater in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with hordes of mosquitoes and biting green-head flies plaguing performers and spectators alike. From Wordnik.com. [Julie Taymor.] Reference
You walk around the island, hoping the green-head flies don't eat you alive. From Wordnik.com. [Candidateblogs.baltimoresun.com Blogs] Reference
Chichibio, who looked, as he was, a very green-head, had dressed the crane, and set it to the fire and was cooking it carefully, when, the bird being all but roasted, and the fumes of the cooking very strong, it so chanced that a girl, Brunetta by name, that lived in the same street, and of whom Chichibio was greatly enamoured, came into the kitchen, and perceiving the smell and seeing the bird, began coaxing Chichibio to give her a thigh. From Wordnik.com. [The Decameron, Volume II] Reference
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