noun
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a man a having a lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure.
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a peacock.
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the non-venomous snake, Tortrix cylindrophis rufus, a short tailed earth snake with a depressed rounded head not distinct from the neck and a tail very short, conical an smooth at the end.
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name of a sage (one of the stars in the constellation Great Bear is personified as this sage).
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name of a character in Mahābhārata, who killed Bhīṣma.
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(fig.) a man lacking normal function of the testes.
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(fig.) a timid, courageless man; a coward.