topknot

noun11

1. •
   A decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers.

   • A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot. — 1815
2. •
   A decorative headdress.
3. •
   A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird.
4. •
   Any fish in one of several genera.
5. •
   The New Zealand topknot, Notoclinus fenestratus
6. •
   The Norwegian topknot, Phrynorhombus norvegicus
7. •
   The brown topknot, Notoclinus compressus
8. •
   Several species in the genus Zeugopterus
9. •
   A small European flounder (Phrynorhombus regius, syn. Rhombus punctatus).
10. •
    (Australia, informal) A crested pigeon, or, a topknot pigeon.
11. •
    (Australia) The wool shorn from the crown of a sheep.

    • Dan flung away the belly wool with a flash of the hand; ripped off the ‘top knot’, snipped a bit of wool from round the horns[.] — 1911