| mustache | 1. That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth. 2. <zoology> A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose. 3. <zoology> Any conspicuous stripe of colour on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird. Alternative forms: moustache. Origin: F. Moustache, It. Mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. Upper lip and the beard upon it; cf. Mouth: cf. Sp. Mostacho. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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