1. Very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas
   "The loggerhead turtle came ashore to lay its eggs";
   - loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta
    
2. [archaic] A stupid person; used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
   "The teacher scolded the class clown, calling him a loggerhead";
   - dunce, dunderhead [informal], numskull [informal], blockhead [informal], bonehead [informal], lunkhead [N. Amer], hammerhead [informal], knucklehead [informal], muttonhead [informal], dumbass [N. Amer], lamebrain [informal], pea brain [informal], chowderhead [N. Amer, informal], chucklehead [informal], bubblehead [informal], numbskull [informal], clunk [N. Amer, informal], dumbhead [N. Amer, informal], twonk [Brit, informal], dumbo [informal], thickhead [informal], lunk [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: loggerheads

Type of: dolt [informal], dullard, marine turtle, meatball [N. Amer, informal], pillock [Brit, informal], pudden-head [US, informal], pudding head [informal], sea turtle, stupe [N. Amer, informal], stupid [informal], stupid person

Part of: Caretta, genus Caretta

Encyclopedia: Loggerhead