tufty

Meanings

1. Having the form of or resembling a tuft (“a bunch of grass, hair, etc., held together at the base”).
2. Covered in or having many tufts.
3. Covered with tufts (“small clumps of bushes or trees”).
4. Growing in tufts.

1. The tufted duck (Aythya fuligula).

1. Of a cow: seeking a bull to mate with.

Etymology

From tuft + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).

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