See tufty on Wiktionary
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having the form of or resembling a tuft",
"word": "tupsumainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having the form of or resembling a tuft",
"word": "töyhtömäinen"
},
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"sense": "covered in or having many tufts — see also tufted",
"word": "tupsuinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "covered in or having many tufts — see also tufted",
"word": "töyhtöinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "growing in tufts",
"word": "pusikkoina kasvava"
}
],
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}
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"ref": "2005, Simon Barnes, “Tufted Duck”, in A Bad Birdwatcher’s Companion … Or A Personal Introduction to Britain’s 50 Most Obvious Birds, London: Short Books, →ISBN, page 101:",
"text": "Buoyant. That's a tufty. Well, tufted duck, to be formal, but the name always sounds more like tufty duck, and there is something inspiringly matey about a tufty: we are on nickname terms with the bird at first glance.",
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