An Asian turtle Platysternon megacephalum

(transitive) To hurry past (someone) in order to prevent them from passing a certain point. / (transitive) To forestall (something).

To raise one's head. / (idiomatic, of something unpleasant or unwelcome) To appear and cause problems or stress, especially at an inopportune time.

Synonym of Brussels sprout.

Oxyura leucocephala, an arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae

Picus canus, a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family, greyer than other similar Eurasian woodpeckers.

A species of sunbird, Cyanomitra verticalis, of tropical Africa.

(simile) Synonym of mind like a sieve

Synonym of chestnut-eared bunting

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, a medium-sized blackbird, and the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus.