topknot

top +‎ knot

topknot (plural topknots)

1. a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers
   • (Can we date this quote?) Sir Walter Scott

     A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot.

2. a decorative headdress
3. A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird.
4. Any fish in one of several genera:
   1. The New Zealand topknot, Notoclinus fenestratus
   2. The Norwegian topknot, Phrynorhombus norvegicus
   3. The brown topknot, Notoclinus compressus
   4. Several species in the genus Zeugopterus
   5. A small European flounder (Phrynorhombus regius, syn. Rhombus punctatus).

• (hair): bun, man-bun