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  1. cockscombs: Merriam-Webster
  2. cockscombs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cockscombs: Vocabulary.com
  4. cockscombs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. cockscombs: Wiktionary
  6. cockscombs: Dictionary.com
  7. Cockscombs: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Cockscombs: Encyclopedia

(Note: See cockscomb as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cockscomb)

noun:  The fleshy red crest of a rooster
noun:  A red cap once worn by court jesters
noun:  A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)
noun:  An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers
noun:  (archaic) A conceited dandy
noun:  (nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed
▸ Also see cockscomb


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