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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
Close at hand was the snowy mass of the Great Altels cooling its topknot in the sky and daring us to an ascent.
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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