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tuft
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- pronunciation:
- tuhft
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noun |
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A tuft is a bunch of hairs, feathers, or similar things that are attached at one end and loose at the other.
Lynxes, a kind of big cat, have long tufts of fur sticking out from the tops of their ears.The female bird has a tuft of red feathers at the top of its head.Zebras have many tufts of fur along the top of their back.
- similar words:
- bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, crest, mop
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| derivation: |
tufter (n.) |
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