topknot
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English
Etymology
Noun
topknot (plural topknots)
- A decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers.
- 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, ; and Archibald Constable and Co., , →OCLC:
- A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot.
- A decorative headdress.
- A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird.
- Any fish in one of several genera:
- The New Zealand topknot, Notoclinus fenestratus
- The Norwegian topknot, Phrynorhombus norvegicus
- The brown topknot, Notoclinus compressus
- Several species in the genus Zeugopterus
- A small European flounder (Phrynorhombus regius, syn. Rhombus punctatus).
Derived terms
Translations
a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head
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a decorative headdress
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