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| aigrette |
a head ornament made of an upright tuft of egret tail feathers. |
| coma2 |
in botany, a tuft at one end, such as the silky hairs at the ends of some seeds or the bracts at the top of a pineapple. [1/3 definitions] |
| crest |
a tuft or other projecting growth on an animal's head, such as the comb of a rooster, or anything resembling such a growth. [1/7 definitions] |
| fetlock |
the projecting bone above and behind the hoof of a horse or horselike animal, or the tuft of hair on this projection. |
| flock2 |
a tuft, as of wool or other fiber. [1/5 definitions] |
| forelock1 |
a lock or tuft of hair that grows on or above the forehead, esp. on a horse. |
| goatee |
a small beard on a man's chin, often trimmed to a tuft or point and resembling the beard of a goat. |
| hassock |
a dense tuft or clump of rough grass, as in a bog. [1/2 definitions] |
| langur |
any of several slender, long-tailed Asian monkeys that have a chin tuft and bushy eyebrows. |
| oribi |
a small tan African antelope with straight short horns and a tuft of hair growing from each knee. |
| pappus |
a modified calyx consisting of a ring or tuft of feathery hairs, bristles, or scales around the top of the fruit of composite plants, such as the dandelion and thistle. |
| pompom2 |
soft material such as threads, feathers, or strips of paper bound at the center or at one end to form a ball or tuft used as a decoration. |
| royal palm |
any of several tall palm trees with a bare trunk and a crowning tuft of feathery leaves, widely cultivated in Florida and the West Indies. |
| tam-o'-shanter |
a cap or beret of Scottish origin that has a tightfitting headband, a round, floppy crown, and often a tuft or other decoration in the center of the top; tam. |
| ti2 |
any of several tropical plants resembling a palm, found in Asia and the Pacific, with long, narrow leaves growing in a tuft at the top. |
| titmouse |
any of several small birds of North America that have grayish plumage and often a crest or tuft. |
| topknot |
a feather crest or tuft on a bird's head. [1/3 definitions] |
| tuffet |
a tuft of grass. [1/2 definitions] |
| tuft |
to decorate or provide with a tuft or tufts. [4/8 definitions] |
| tussock |
a clump, tuft, or bunch of growing grass, sedge, or the like. |
| wisp |
a thin bundle, bunch, tuft, streak, or the like, as of straw, hair, or smoke. [1/4 definitions] |
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