mustache

mustache
    n 1: an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip; "he looked
         younger after he shaved off his mustache" [syn: {mustache},
         {moustache}]
    

Mustache \Mus*tache"\ (m[u^]s*t[.a]sh"; 277), n.; pl.
   {Mustaches}. [Written also {moustache}.] [F. moustache, It.
   mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. my`stax upper
   lip and the beard upon it; cf. ma`stax mouth: cf. Sp.
   mostacho.]
   1. That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair
      left growing above the mouth.
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   2. (Zool.) A West African monkey ({Cercopithecus cephus}). It
      has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the
      nose.
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   3. (Zool.) Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the
      head, beneath the eye of a bird.
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   4. A stain or discoloration on the upper lip of a person; as,
      wearing a milk mustache. [informal]
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