topknot

English

Etymology

top +‎ knot

Noun

topknot (plural topknots)

1. A decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers.
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     A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot.

2. A decorative headdress.
3. A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird.
4. Any fish in one of several genera:
   1. The New Zealand topknot, Notoclinus fenestratus
   2. The Norwegian topknot, Phrynorhombus norvegicus
   3. The brown topknot, Notoclinus compressus
   4. Several species in the genus Zeugopterus
   5. A small European flounder (Phrynorhombus regius, syn. Rhombus punctatus).

Derived terms

• topknot pigeon

 

Translations

a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head

• Afrikaans: haarknoop
• Finnish: nuttura (fi)
• German: Haarknoten (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κρωβύλος m (krōbúlos)

• Ilocano: pinggol
• Irish: cocán gruaige m
• Kazakh: айдар (aidar)
• Maori: tihi, tikitiki, puhi, ngoi
• Russian: хохо́л (ru) m (xoxól), хохоло́к (ru) m (xoxolók), чуб (ru) m (čub)
• Tagalog: puyod, pusod
• Turkish: topuz (tr)
• Ukrainian: чуб m (čub), оселе́дець m (oselédecʹ)
• Yakut: көҕүл (köğül)

a decorative headdress

• Irish: cnota mullaigh m

See also

• (hair): bun, man-bun