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cowlick definition

cow·lick (ko̵u′lik′)

noun

a tuft of hair on the head that cannot easily be combed flat

Etymology: from the notion that the hair looks as if it had been licked by a cow

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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