Usually means: Cap or hood-like structure.
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  1. pileum: Merriam-Webster
  2. pileum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. pileum: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pileum: Wordnik
  5. pileum: Wiktionary
  6. pileum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. pileum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. pileum: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. pileum: Dictionary.com
  10. pileum: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. pileum: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pileum: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (zoology) The top of a bird's head, from the base of the bill to the nape.

Similar:
pileus, headcrest, uropygium, parapterum, corniplume, pectus, pteroma, pecker, tail, ear tuft, more...

Opposite:
base, bottom, underside

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Similar:
pileus, headcrest, uropygium, parapterum, corniplume, pectus, pteroma, pecker, tail, ear tuft, more...

Opposite:
base, bottom, underside



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