Comb, a crest of skin, usually brightly coloured, found on the crown of the head in many birds, especially in the males. Like the analogous wattles, combs probably owe the perfecting of their development to Sexual Selection (q.v.).
Comb
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 373
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