| NOUN | group | tuft, tussock | a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | tuft | a bunch of feathers or hair |
| Sounds | tah'ft | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | overstuffed ... stuffed: 4 rhymes with ahft... | |
| Meaning | A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | tussock | |
| Narrower | coma | (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds) |
| wisp | A small tuft or lock | |
| witches' broom, witch broom, hexenbesen, staghead | An abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance | |
| Broader | bunch, clump, cluster, clustering | A grouping of a number of similar things |
| Spanish | mechón, tussok | |
| Meaning | A bunch of feathers or hair. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | crest | A showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal |
| Spanish | copete, mechón | |
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