loggerhead
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈlɒɡ.ə.hed/ us
/ˈlɑː.ɡɚ.hed/ (also loggerhead turtle, uk/ˌlɒɡ.ə.hed ˈtɜː.təl/ us/ˌlɑː.ɡɚ.hed ˈtɝː.t̬əl/)Goran Safarek/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
Meaning of loggerhead in English
(Definition of loggerhead from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of loggerhead
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This cursory dismissal is squarely at loggerheads with the sturdy reality of such forms, undoubtedly a minority, but by no means a rarity, as we have already seen.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Communitarians are fundamentally at loggerheads with this.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
This paper puts in stark light the fact that deliberative democracy's core ideals, the individual contribution to group opinions and the public display of accepted reasons, are at loggerheads.
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Generally speaking he has nearly always been in opposition to the admirals, and often at loggerheads with them, but his head has usually been the loggerhead.
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The loggerhead sea turtle is omnivorous, feeding mainly on bottom-dwelling invertebrates.
The beaches of the reef are an important breeding ground of the loggerhead, green and hawksbill turtles.
The two are at loggerheads because of a family feud.
Loggerhead sea turtles are thought to show two different types of homing.
Nesting loggerhead and green turtles use the remote, sandy location as a rookery.
Indeed, the term loggerhead refers to the relatively larger head of the southern species.
Both of them are at loggerheads and bicker constantly.
The discovery established the migration path of loggerheads for the first time.
Successful breeding here is critical if the loggerhead species is to survive.
Gradually, they fell in love, being by loggerheads by day at work and lovers by night.
In the ocean, predators of the loggerhead juveniles include fish, such as parrotfish and moray eels, and portunid crabs.
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