Roundhead (disambiguation)

Roundhead (disambiguation)

The word roundhead or roundheads may refer to any of several things.

In English history, "roundhead" can refer to:

* Roundhead, a supporter of the Parliamentarian and Puritan faction during the English Civil War
* more generally, any member of the Puritan movement in English history
* Roundhead (weapon), a type of mace used during the English Civil War

Several organisms have the English common name "roundhead":

* Roundhead, also known as longfin, is a common name for fish of the family Plesiopidae
* Roundhead galaxias ("Galaxias anomalus"), a species of galaxiid fish
* Roundhead, a common name occasionally used for mushrooms of the genus "Stropharia"

Several place names in the United States carry the name "Roundhead":

* Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio
* Roundhead, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Roundhead Township
* Roundhead, a peak near Fredericksburg, Texas
* Roundhead Butte, a peak in the Buffalo Plateau of southern Montana
* Roundhead Mountain, a peak near Stanley, Virginia

In coastal engineering, "roundhead" is:
* the offshore tip of a breakwater (structure)

In popular culture, "roundhead" can refer to:

* The Roundheads (Doctor Who), a series of "Doctor Who" novels
* Roundhead, terminology commonly used in Melbourne, Australia to describe a Gunzel or Trainspotter
* Roundhead Studios, a New Zealand based music and sound recording studio owned by Neil Finn


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