noun

1. The top of the head; the skull.

2. The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

3. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.

   “Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.”

Synonyms: scaup, skull, summit

noun

1. Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.