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ruff noun

  /ɹɐf/ , /ɹəf/ , /ɹʊf/ , /ɹʌf/
  • Philomachus pugnax (syn. Calidris pugnax), a gregarious, medium-sized wading bird 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).
 combattant varié
  • A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
 fraise
  • (zoology) A collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.
 crinière

ruffe noun

  • Other species in the same genus.
 grémille
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