Usually means: Feathers protruding from bird's head.
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  1. ear tuft: Merriam-Webster
  2. ear tuft: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ear tuft: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ear-tuft: Wordnik
  5. ear tuft: Wiktionary
  6. ear tuft: Dictionary.com
  7. Ear-tuft, Ear tuft: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. ear tuft: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ear tuft)

▸ noun:  (biology) In birds, a skin projection covered in feathers appearing on the sides of the head, near the ears.

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auriculars, muff, egret, plumicorn, tailfeather, headcrest, pteryla, tail, headstripe, pileum, more...

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auriculars, muff, egret, plumicorn, tailfeather, headcrest, pteryla, tail, headstripe, pileum, more...



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