cowlick

cow·lick

(kou′lĭk′)

A projecting tuft of hair on the head that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and will not lie flat.

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cowlick

(ˈkaʊˌlɪk)

(Hairdressing & Grooming) a tuft of hair over the forehead

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cow•lick

(ˈkaʊˌlɪk)

n.

a tuft of hair that grows in a direction different from that of the rest of the hair.

[1590–1600]

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Noun

cowlick - a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat

hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"

Translations

Wirbel

вихор

cowlick

[ˈkaʊlɪk] N (US) → chavito m, mechón m

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cowlick

n → Tolle f

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Homer, I believe, is our best approximation of the idealized -H persona assumed by the artist--sweet as a dappled fawn, a gentle farm boy all cowlick and hayseed: Ray Johnson right down to the ground.

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Mathematicians explain these kinds of phenomena by way of the Poincare-Hopf theorem, figuratively also referred to as the "hairy ball problem." Just as one can't comb a hairy ball flat without creating a cowlick, there will always be some microtubules that cannot lay flat against the membrane surface in a regular pattern.