Roundhead (disambiguation)
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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
- The roundhead galaxias (Galaxias anomalus), a species of galaxiid fish.
- roundhead is 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, a peak near Fredericksburg, Texas
- Roundhead Butte, a peak in the Buffalo Plateau of southern Montana
- Roundhead Mountain, a peak near Stanley, Virginia.
In popular culture, "roundhead" can refer to:
- The Roundheads (Doctor Who): The Roundheads is a series of Doctor Who novels
- Roundhead, a darkwave band
- Roundhead Records, a record label.