"widow's peak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: widow's peaks [plural], widows' peaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|widows' peaks}} widow's peak (plural widow's peaks or widows' peaks)
  1. A descending V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead. Categories (topical): Hair Translations (V-shaped point in the hairline): 美人尖 (měirénjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 美人髻 (měirénjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 三棱髻 (sānléngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), leskenlippa (Finnish), V:n muotoinen hiusraja (Finnish), bico de viúva [masculine] (Portuguese), pico de viuda [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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