Category:Topknot

Top"knot`, n.

1. A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; Also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women. A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot. Sir W. Scott.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: a small europen flounder (rhoumbus punctatus). The name is also Applied to allied species.