ruffs (0 synonym found)

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Definition of ruffs:

(n) : A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
(n) : Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
(n) : Senses relating to animals.
(n) : A gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of species Calidris pugnax (syn. Philomachus pugnax), of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).
(n) : (ornithology) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.
(n) : (zoology) A collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.

Definition of ruffs:

(n) : A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
(n) : Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
(n) : Senses relating to animals.
(n) : A gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of species Calidris pugnax (syn. Philomachus pugnax), of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).
(n) : (ornithology) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.
(n) : (zoology) A collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.

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