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Cockscomb

noun
1.
Garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers.  Synonyms: Celosia argentea cristata, Celosia cristata, common cockscomb.
2.
A conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments.  Synonym: coxcomb.
3.
A cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red.  Synonym: coxcomb.
4.
The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.  Synonyms: comb, coxcomb.



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... family, the cockscomb oyster, though not objecting to the near-by presence of its kind, seems to hate a crowd. Half a dozen may occupy separate areas on a rock, and solitary specimens lie embedded and strongly anchored in the sand. A typical ...
— Tropic Days • E. J. Banfield


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