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topknot

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topknot
any of several European flatfishes of the genus Zeugopterus and related genera, esp Z. punctatus, which has an oval dark brown body marked with darker blotches: family Bothidae (turbot, etc.)


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Feeling that he had been received with distinguished marks of attention, Steve strolled away with his topknot higher than ever, and Prince Charlie pranced across the room, saying in a free and easy tone
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Close at hand was the snowy mass of the Great Altels cooling its topknot in the sky and daring us to an ascent.
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He saw the clear-cut features, the firm chin, the white forehead and the topknot of fair hair against the white pillow.
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