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гребешо́к — meaning in English

grebeshok

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English meaning

  • cockscomb noun The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
  • comb noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.
  • crest noun The highest point of something, such as a hill or wave.
  • scallop noun An edible marine shellfish with a distinctive fan-shaped, ridged shell.

Senses

гребешо́к is used for these senses in English:

  • cockscomb A fleshy red crest of a rooster
  • comb A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
  • crest A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
  • scallop Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.

cockscomb — full definition

  1. noun The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
  2. noun A red cap once worn by court jesters.
  3. noun A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia).
  4. noun An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers.

comb — full definition

  1. noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.
  2. noun The fleshy red crest on top of a rooster's or hen's head.
  3. noun The structure of six-sided wax cells bees build to store honey and raise their young; a honeycomb.
  4. verb To groom hair or fur with a comb.
  5. verb To search an area thoroughly and systematically.

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