mustache

Mus*tache", n.; pl. Mustaches (. [Written also moustache.] Etym: [F. moustache, It. mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. mostacho.] 1. That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth. 2. (Zoöl.) Defn: A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose. 3. (Zoöl.) Defn: Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird.

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