Definition of "goathead" []

• An old book-name of a godwit, Limosa ægocephala, translating the classic name of this or some similar bird. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The goathead is the arch nemesis of all bike tires and an unfortunate reality of being a bicyclist in Boise."
• "I rode the dreaded local Reservoir course, filling the tires with goathead thorns."
• "Of the inane things goathead has said, this ranks in the top 10."