Definition of crest

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Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..

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Strophulus :: Strophiole (n.) A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.
Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for..
Cockatoo :: Cockatoo (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus..
Nape-crest :: Nape-crest (n.) An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters..
Copped :: Copped (a.) Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested.
Tidley :: Tidley (n.) The goldcrest.
Crest :: Crest (v. i.) To form a crest.
Thorntail :: Thorntail (n.) A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest..
Kaleege :: Kaleege (n.) One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks..
Cresting :: Cresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cres.
Combless :: Combless (a.) Without a comb or crest; as, a combless cock..
Chaja :: Chaja (n.) The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, / Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi..
Finnikin :: Finnikin (n.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse..
Decomposed :: Decomposed (a.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.
Soulili :: Soulili (n.) A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black..
Crested :: Crested (a.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft..
Koklass :: Koklass (n.) Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also pucras..
Crest :: Crest (n.) The ridge or top of a wave.
Monocrotism :: Monocrotism (n.) That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing..
Rhinolophid :: Rhinolophid (n.) Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat..
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