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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ornithology, a plumicorn; a tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, erectile or erected like a horn, as those upon the head of “horned” or “eared” owls.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.

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