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COWLICK
cowlick
(noun) a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cowlick (plural cowlicks)
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex, as if licked by a cow.
Anagrams
• Colwick, Wilcock
Source: Wiktionary
Cow"lick` (-lk`), n.
Definition: A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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