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COWLICK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cowlick mean?
• COWLICK (noun)
The noun COWLICK has 1 sense:
1. a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
Familiarity information: COWLICK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("cowlick" is a kind of...):
hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)
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